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

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No: HPFGUIDX 113453

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.
 

SSSusan [hanging her head in shame]:
Does it count that I've got two little kids and work full time and 
I'm so booked up I can't see straight?  No, I thought not.  ;-)

Anyway, yes, thanks to you & Pippin for your prompt responses.  
Believe it or not, I actually DID remember that Harry spoke in 
parseltongue in both instances!  I failed to word my query properly, 
to match the question which is really rolling about in my head, and 
it implied that I didn't know Harry had used Parseltongue.  

What I REALLY want to know (really!) is which of those two places is 
considered the SEAL to the Chamber--or are they both part & parcel of 
the seal?  And could Harry have UNSEALED it, or did he just OPEN it?  
I know there's been discussion around here about who could *unseal* 
the Chamber vs. who could *open* it - whether those are truly two 
different things.  You know, that if Tom was correct in saying that 
only the Heir of Slytherin could unseal it, then presumably 
Parselmouth Harry could've hissed all he wanted at the faucet 
*before* Diary!Tom unsealed the Chamber, and it wouldn't have budged.
Have I got that right?  And do most people think that the sink *and* 
the serpent wall/door are both elements of the seal?

Siriusly Snapey Susan