Did Lucius know? was Re: [HBP] Why didn't Voldemort Modify Hagrid's Memory?

[pippin_999]

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Geoff:
> 
> We know that he engineered the expulsion of Hagrid whom he despised and 
> looked down on, vide his comment in the Chamber: 
> '"So I decided to show you my famous capture of that great oaf, Hagrid, to gain 
> your trust"
> "Hagrid's my friend," said Harry, hie voice now shaking. "And you framed him, 
> didn't you? I thought you made a mistake, but -"
> Riddle laughed his high laugh again.
> "It was my word against Hagrid's, Harry. well, you can imagine how it looked to 
> old Armando Dippet. On the one hand, Tom Riddle, poor but brilliant, parentless 
> but so brave, school Prefect, model student; on the other hand, big, blundering 
> Hagrid, in trouble every other week...."'
> (COS "The Heir of Slytherin" p. 229/30 UK edition)
> 
> This was one way in which Riddle used and reinforced his power.
> 

Pippin:
Did Lucius know that Hagrid had not been involved at all in opening the Chamber? Or did he think that Hagrid had been an earlier victim of the Diary? It would explain why he expected Ginny to be discovered and  expelled in disgrace, just as Hagrid had been. 

Pippin