Lucius and DD was Re: Snape and Lucius was James and Intent And Snape

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 187085

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
 He could never have found it had it not been for Harry and could never have opened it had it not been for his gift for mimicry. (Of course, had the Basilisk still been alive, he and Hermione would have died.)

Pippin:
The basilisk could not enter the Chamber proper until it was called. Normally, it lived behind the statue of Slytherin, in the  same manner as Fluffy, the obstacle troll of Book One and other treasure guardians of the WW. Presumably there is a spell that transports food in and waste out. A pity that Neville did not know it, since it would have made life in the RoR far more convenient.

 Unless  Ron said "Speak to me, Slytherin, greatest of the Hogwarts Four" in parseltongue, he and Hermione would be safe, unless someone had called the basilisk and not returned it to its lair.

Pippin