‘It was a clue, sir,’ said Dobby, his eyes widening, as though this was obvious. ‘You told me all this had nothing to do with He Who Must Not Be Named, remember? Well –’ ‘I’ve just got one question, Dobby,’ said Harry, as Dobby pulled on Harry’s sock with shaking hands.

The elf’s ugly brown faced split suddenly into a wide, toothy smile. ‘Just promise never to try and save my life again.’ ‘Least I could do, Dobby,’ said Harry, grinning. ‘Harry Potter freed Dobby!’ said the elf shrilly, gazing up at Harry, moonlight from the nearest window reflected in his orb-like eyes. With a last, incensed stare at the pair of them, he swung his cloak around him and hurried out of sight.

‘You shall go now,’ he said fiercely, pointing down at Mr Malfoy. He got up, his face livid, and pulled out his wand, but Dobby raised a long threatening finger. He crashed down the stairs, three at a time, landing in a crumpled heap on the landing below. There was a loud bang, and Mr Malfoy was thrown backwards. Then he lunged at Harry.īut Dobby shouted, ‘You shall not harm Harry Potter!’ Lucius Malfoy stood frozen, staring at the elf. ‘Master threw it, and Dobby caught it, and Dobby – Dobby is free.’ ‘Dobby has got a sock,’ said Dobby in disbelief. ‘Master has given Dobby a sock,’ said the elf in wonderment. He was holding up Harry’s disgusting, slimy sock, and looking at it as though it were a priceless treasure. ‘They were meddlesome fools, too.’īut Dobby didn’t move. ‘You’ll meet the same sticky end as your parents one of these days, Harry Potter,’ he said softly. Mr Malfoy ripped the sock off the diary, threw it aside, then looked furiously from the ruined book to Harry. ‘Mr Malfoy,’ he gasped, skidding to a halt, ‘I’ve got something for you.’Īnd he forced the smelly sock into Lucius Malfoy’s hand. He caught up with them at the top of the stairs. Quickly, wondering if this plan could possibly work, Harry took off one of his shoes, pulled off his slimy, filthy sock, and stuffed the diary into it. He could hear Dobby’s squeals of pain receding around the corner. 'Harry grabbed the diary and dashed out of the office. This material is presented for the purposes of review and critique only. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. Book: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretsīrief summary of scene: Harry gets revenge on Lucius Malfoy and sets Dobby free.ĭisclaimer: This excerpt from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc.

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