Mr. Malfoy & the Chamber of Secrets?

[foxmoth at qnet.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 4109

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> foxmoth at q... wrote:
> 
> >         We don't know whether Malfoy was in communication with
the diary and plotted the whole thing with Riddle, but it seems
likely to me that he did.
> >         Riddle implies that all his info comes from Ginny, but
there is no need to assume that is so.
> 
> But his actions support this; he resumed his course of Muggle
persecution until he found out about Harry, and then changed his
objective.<<

	 I doubt that Riddle would have admitted to Lucius that killing 
Mudbloods and Muggle-borns no longer mattered to him.  Since Riddle 
needed Malfoy to influence the governing board, Riddle  would have to 
continue to pursue this objective despite having other priorities, at 
least until Dumble had left the school. This is exactly what he did. 
Riddle's words to Harry are constrained by his need to conceal
Malfoy's 
involvement.

> I did find book 2 the least solid, for this very reason. While it
*was* engrossing action, what started the action, and why was it
going on? What was Dobby so worried about? Harry wasn't pure Muggle.
I never understood Dobby's involvement, it seemed a bit shaky.<<

	 Dobby seems to understand that Harry is in danger from the diary 
before it comes to Ginny, which is why I think that objective must
have 
been  discussed in advance chez Malfoy, along with harrassing the 
Muggle-borns and Mudbloods, and getting Dumbledore sacked. No doubt 
Malfoy was accustomed to treating Dobby as part of the furniture, and 
didn't concern himself too much about whether he was being watched.
Pippin