Dumbledore in CoS was Re: The Keeper of the Keys.

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 113450

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:

SSSusan: 
> who sure wishes someone would tackle her question of whether 
> Parseltongue is required to make the SINK open *or* the serpent 
DOOR 
> open *or* both....

Geoff:
Tsk, tsk, 'tis all in canon:

'"That tap's never worked," said Myrtle brightly as he tried to turn 
it.
"Harry," said Ron, "say something. Something in Parseltongue."
"But - " Harry thought hard. The only times he'd ever managed to 
speak Parseltongue were when he'd ben faced with a real snake. He 
stared hard at the tiny engraving, trying to imagine it was real.
"Open up," he said.
He looked at Ron who shook his head.
"English," he said.
Harry looked back at the snake, willing himnself to believe it was 
alive. If he moved his head, the candlelight made it look as if it 
was moving.
"Open up," he said.
Except the the words weren't what he heard; a strange hissing had 
escaped him and at once the tap glowed with a briliant white lgiht 
and began to sink....'

(COS "The Chamber of Secrets" p.222 UK edition)

'And then, at last, as he crept around yet another bend, he saw a 
solid wall ahead on which two entwined serpents were carved, their 
eyes set with great, glinting emeralds.
Harry approached, his throat very dry. There was no need to pretend 
these stone snakes were real, their eyes looked strangely alive.
He could guess what he had to do. He cleared his throat and the 
emerald eyes seemed to flicker.
"Open," said Harry in a low, faint hiss.
The serpents parted as the wall cracked open, the ahlves slid 
smoothly out of sight and Harry, shaking from head to foot, walked in 
side.'

(ibid. p.225)

Answer: both.

Geoff
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