Was Harry in Danger from the Basilisk?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 108777

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Josh Warren" 
<wjwarren4269 at c...> wrote:

Josh:
> Keep in mind that the blinded beast didn't mistakenly attack TMR in 
> the chamber, and neither TMR nor Ginny were ever accidently killed 
or 
> petrified while commanding it.

Geoff:
But also remember that Tom Riddle /wasn't/ "real" Tom Riddle - he was 
an echo, a ghost, a projection for want of a better term. He wasn't 
human and probably, the Basilisk could only hear him when he spoke; 
he would presumably have no scent and make no noise.

'A tall, black-haired boy was leaning against the nearest pillar, 
watching. He was strangely blurred around the edges as though Harry 
was looking at him through a misted window.....

.."Are you a ghost?" Harry said uncertainly.
"A memory," said Riddle quietly. "Preserved in a diary for fifty 
years."'

(COS "The Heir of Slytherin" p.227 UK edition)