Magical Theory, a Harry Potter podcast

Turn to Page 140, The Writing on the Wall. Today’s lesson is called The Whispers on the Wind. The chapter begins with Draco’s cruel words bringing more attention to the writing on the wall. Filch arrives and sees Mrs. Norris frozen, and accuses Harry as Dumbledore arrives, because Harry saw that Filch was a squib. Dumbledore calms Filch slightly, while taking Harry, Ron and Hermione to Lockhart’s nearby office to talk. The three claim they were in the wrong place at the wrong time, but Snape intimates that their absence from the feast and trajectory away from the Great Hall belie their guilt. Dumbledore declares that Mrs. Norris is not dead, but petrified, and that they will work on a restoration potion. Later, Hermione tells Ron and Harry that she wants to find out about the Chamber of Secrets, but cannot remember what was written about it in Hogwarts, a History. She turns instead to Professor Binns, the ghost who teaches History of Magic. He tells the class about the legend that Slytherin created a secret c