Riddle wasn’t here, and while that should have reassured Harry, he was so convinced of Riddle’s capacity to cause trouble that he couldn’t let the matter rest. This was the year Riddle had opened the Chamber of Secret and Voldemort began his rise to power. Harry could feel, deep in his gut, that something would happen before the end of the school year. Riddle would strike, somehow, in some way, and Harry had to be ready.