Chapter 10 Summary

Harry, Ron and Hermione begin their quest to locate the Chamber of Secrets. They trick Lockhart into signing a permission slip to sign a spell book, "Moste Potente Potions," out of the restricted area of the library and continue their research in the toilets haunted by Moaning Myrtle, which they reason is the least likely place to be discovered. The potion they need to make to be transformed into someone else contains a lot of ingredients that are difficult to obtain and prepare, including something from the body of the person they want to be transformed into. Ron isn't keen on ingesting anything that has been taken from the body of Crabbe or Goyle, Draco Malfoy's oafish henchmen, but Hermione persuades him that it's worthwhile. Harry and Ron both have reservations about the many school rules they will be breaking, including breaking into...