Lucius and the diary

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 178829

TKJ:
> I'm sorry but this may have been covered somewhere already....but do
> we know WHY exactly Lucious thought it was a good idea to give the
> notebook to Ginny? If none of the DEs knew about the Horocruxes then
> why pass it off? What was there to gain from it? Ok sorry if I went on
> circles there...

Magpie:
Lucius didn't know it was a Horcrux, but he did seem to know that the 
Diary would unlock the Chamber of Secrets using another student. So the 
idea was to discredit Arthur and fight back against his raids etc. by 
having his own daughter purge the school of Muggle-borns.

-m