[HPforGrownups] Did Harry speak to the Basilisk?

[Michael Broadwater]

No: HPFGUIDX 50505


On Friday, Jan 24, 2003, at 11:26 US/Eastern, Taryn Kimel wrote:
>
> Taryn:
>
> "Slytherin, according to the legend, sealed the Chamber of Secrets so 
> that none would be able to open it until his own true heir arrived at 
> the school. The **heir alone** would be able to unseal the Chamber of 
> Secrets, unleash the horror within, and use it to purge the school of 
> all who were unworthy to study magic." (US paperback p. 151, emphasis 
> mine)
>
> So it stands to reason that /only/ the Heir of Slytherin could control 
> the basilisk, whether another person was a parselmouth or not.

Me:
But by that logic, Harry shouldn't have been able to unseal the Chamber 
either.

Mike


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