Tom Riddle in CoS

[gelite67]

No: HPFGUIDX 105526

--- > Sonya wrote:
> > > What did Mr. Malfoy hope to gain from passing on the Diary?  If 
> > > he was hoping to bring Tom back so he could become LV again 
(and 
> > > the killings) would that make Mr. Malfoy a 'good' DE?
> 

Angie replies:

   I think he knew; why else do it?  If he didn't know what the diary 
did, then he thought all he was doing was giving Ginny a free diary!  
Lucius was apparently very close to LV; he had his diary after all 
and LV forgave him pretty easily when he finally was able to reassume 
a human form and call his DE to him.  Dumbledore seemed to feel it 
was a plot to discredit Mr. Weasley and the Anti-Muggle Protection 
Act, which would have worked if Ginny, as the daughter of the drafter 
of the Act, was determined to be the one who opened the COS. (See 
Dumbledore's comments to Lucius after Harry returns from the COS).