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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Act III, Scene 12 Summary

How It All Goes Down

Dream, Godric's Hollow, Graveyard

  • Young Harry visits his parents' grave with Aunt Petunia.
  • Petunia says they were unloved, but Young Harry notices their grave covered in flowers.
  • Voldemort appears, and says, "I smell guilt, there is a stench of guilt upon the air" (3.12.13), then Albus emerges from inside Voldemort's cloak.
  • He starts speaking in Parseltongue.
  • Then, as at the end of every other dream, Voldemort stutters, "Haaarry Potttter" (3.12.26).