I must admit to some confusion receiving your letter, Professor Dumbledore. In all the...

Mrs. Cole: I must admit to some confusion receiving your letter, Professor Dumbledore. In all the years Tom's been here, he's never once had a family visitor. There have been... incidents with the other children. Nasty things. [opens the door] Mrs. Cole: Tom? You have a visitor. Albus Dumbledore: How do you do, Tom? Tom Riddle - Age 11: [without turning around] Go. [cut to a short time later, as Dumbledore sits opposite Tom] Tom Riddle - Age 11: You're the doctor, aren't you? Albus Dumbledore: No, I'm a professor. Tom Riddle - Age 11: I don't believe you. She wants me looked at. They think I'm... different. Albus Dumbledore: Well, perhaps they're right. Tom Riddle - Age 11: I'm not mad. Albus Dumbledore: Hogwarts is not a place for mad people. Hogwarts is a school. A school of magic. You can do things can't you, Tom? That other children can't. Tom Riddle - Age 11: I can make things move without touching them. I can make animals do what I want without training them. I can make bad things happen to people who are mean to me. I can make them hurt, if I want... Who are you? Albus Dumbledore: Well, I'm like you, Tom. I'm different. Tom Riddle - Age 11: Prove it. [Dumbledore turns and looks at the wardrobe, which bursts into flames. Something rattles on the inside] Albus Dumbledore: I think there's something in the wardrobe trying to get out, Tom. [Tom opens the wardrobe, and dumps out the contents] Albus Dumbledore: Thievery is not tolerated at Hogwarts, Tom. At Hogwarts you will be taught not only how to use magic, but how to control it. Do you understand me? [Dumbledore starts to leave] Tom Riddle - Age 11: I can speak to snakes, too. They find me... whisper things. [Dumbledore stops, looking surprised] Tom Riddle - Age 11: Is that normal, for someone like me?