Turn to Page 161, The Rogue Bludger. Today’s lesson is called It Will Be Painful.
The chapter begins with Harry buttering up Lockhart, so that Hermione can get him to sign out Most Potente Potions from the restricted section of the library. That proves easy to do, so the trio get the book and get to studying the potion in Myrtle’s out-of-order bathroom. The potion will take at least a month, which makes them all anxious about the dangers in the interim.
Meanwhile, Harry and the Gryffindor quidditch team are set to play the Slytherin team. Immediately, something is noticeably wrong with one of the bludgers, which insists on attacking Harry instead of shooting about as it should. During a time-out, Harry insists that the twins leave him unguarded, so he can attempt to see the snitch. He succeeds, finds the snitch, and wins the game, but at the cost of the rogue bludger breaking his arm. Lockhart compounds the problem by removing all the bones in Harry’s arm.
In the hospital wing, Harry takes skele-gro and eventually falls asleep. He is awakened by Dobby, who confesses that he blocked Harry on platform 9 ¾ and set the bludger on him. Dobby also accidentally mentions the Chamber of Secrets, before disappearing when footsteps approach. Dumbledore arrives with a petrified Colin Creevey, and confirms that this means the Chamber is indeed opened. He is cryptic, yet sure about who opened the Chamber, as Harry overhears from his hospital bed.
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