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The Chamber of Secrets
Thestaffroomdoorbangedopenagain.Foronewildmoment,HarrywassureitwouldbeDumbledore. ButitwasLockhart,andhewasbeaming.
"Sosorry-dozedoff-whathaveImissed?"
Hedidn’tseemtonoticethattheotherteacherswerelookingathimwithsomethingremarkablylikehatred.Snapesteppedforward.
"Justtheman,"hesaid. "Theveryman.Agirlhasbeensnatchedbythemonster,Lockhart. TakenintotheChamberofSecretsitself.Yourmomenthascomeatlast."
Lockhartblanched.
"That’sright,Gilderoy,"chippedinProfessorSprout. "Weren’tyousayingjustlastnightthatyou’veknownallalongwheretheentrancetotheChamberofSecretsis?"
"I-well,I-"sputteredLockhart.
"Yes,didn’tyoutellmeyouweresureyouknewwhatwasinsideit?"pipedupProfessorFlitwick.
"D-didI?Idon’trecall—"
"Icertainlyrememberyousayingyouweresorryyouhadn’thadacrackatthemonsterbeforeHagridwasarrested,"saidSnape. "Didn’tyousaythatthewholeaffairhadbeenbungled,andthatyoushouldhavebeengivenafreereinfromthefirst?"
Lockhartstaredaroundathisstony-facedcolleagues.
"I-Ireallynever-youmayhavemisunderstood—"
"We’llleaveittoyou,then,Gilderoy,"saidProfessorMcGonagall. "Tonightwillbeanexcellenttimetodoit.We’llmakesureeveryone’soutofyourway. You’llbeabletotacklethemonsterallbyyouself.Afreereinatlast."
Lockhartgazeddesperatelyaroundhim,butnobodycametotherescue. Hedidn’tlookremotelyhandsomeanymore.
