Riddle Diary

[Richard Shepard]

> > cubfanbudwoman:
> >
> > *I*IRC, Lucius then tosses it to Dobby, who opens it, 
> > discovers the sock and *drops* the diary.  I just 
> > assumed that Harry picked it up & took it back to DD's office.
> 
> 
> zanooda:
> 
> Yes, it's different in the book and in the movie. In the book Harry puts *the diary* inside his dirty sock and hands it to Lucius, who removes the diary from inside the sock and throws the sock away, to be caught by Dobby. 
> 
> In the movie, on the contrary, Harry puts *the sock* inside the diary and hands it to Lucius, who, for whatever reason, gives it to Dobby, who opens the diary, takes the sock and drops the diary. 
> 
> As we can see, in the book Lucius keeps the diary, while in the movie he doesn't, and it's quite possible, as you say, that Harry took the diary back to DD after Lucius left :-).
>


Richard:

The scene in the book has Lucius with the diary and Dobby with the sock, but since what follows is Lucius lunging at Harry and Dobby blasting him down the stairs... I think it is possible that Lucius drops the diary and leaves the castle without it.