Finding Chamber of Secrets

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No: HPFGUIDX 184147

> Donna:
> Okay, how did Tom Riddle find the entrance to the Chamber of 
Secrets?  We know it's in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom so, what was Tom 
doing in a girls' bathroom?  The trio was there to ask Myrtle how 
she died and she mentioned seeing the eyes by the sink which, as we 
know, is the entrance to the Chamber.  But, how did Tom know where 
the entrance was located?

Joey:

Hermione had found it quite difficult to find details about 
horcruxes but had managed to find details about the basilisk with 
her usual ease. However, Tom Riddle had it in him to find out about 
horcruxes (and also managed to create one by the time he was asking 
Slughorn if creating 7 horcruxes will help). He seems to have had 
researching skills similar to that of Hermione (or probably even 
better skills due to his hunger/obsession for power) and was also 
equipped with the ability to speak Parseltongue. He had a special 
reverence for Salazar Slytherin (as per some of his statements in 
CoS climax and DH climax scenes) - this would have driven him to 
find out a lot of information about him and CoS. So, he would have 
found out about the entrance to the CoS as well using his usual 
researching methods, I guess. Interesting question! Wonder what 
others will have to say about this. :)