TR's training

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 18740

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., foxmoth at q... wrote:
> 

> 
> 	We know that "Hogwarts: A History" contains a reference to 
the 
> Chamber of Secrets, It wouldn't 
> surprise me to learn that there were  all sorts of Dark Arts tomes 
and 
> maybe even magical devices stashed away in the Chamber which would 
> enable Tom to discover more about his ancestry, and much else 
besides.
> 	
 
Also, don't forget the Restricted Section of the Hogwarts' library. 
Perhaps "Moste Potente Potions" is one of the more innocuous volumes 
on its shelves, and that its archives include a number of Dark Arts 
texts ("The Dummies' Guide to Dark Arts," etc). We know from CoS that 
all a student needs is a signed slip from a teacher to access the 
Restricted Section (Hermione cons Lockhart into granting her 
permission). Perhaps Riddle had a sympathetic (or stupid) teacher who 
gave him similar permission. And of course an enterprising young man, 
such as Harry or Tom, never lack for ways of just sneaking in 
surreptitiously.

    - CMC