Stupid Question about the Vanishing Cabinet

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 141665

Potioncat asks:

> Didn't Peeves drop a vanishing cabinet on the floor above Filch's 
> office so that Filch would let Harry go? Seems like Sir Nick played a 
> part in it. Not sure though, which book it was.

houyhnhnm:

Ch. 8 in CoS.  It is the same time that Harry discovered Filch's
Kwikspell course after being dragged into Filch's office for tracking mud.
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Filch was looking triumphant.
"That vanishing cabinet was extremely valuable," he was saying
gleefully to Mrs. Norris.  "We'll have Peeves out this time, my sweet--"
[...]
Nearly Headless Nick came gliding out of a classroom.  Behind him,
Harry could see the wreckage of a large black and gold cabinet that
appeared to have been dropped from a great height.
"I persuaded Peeves to drop it right over Filch's office," said Nick
eagerly.  "Thought it might distract him--" 
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