Harry places the box in the middle of the floor, but before he steps away he and opens it and takes out an object wrapped in a heavy, raw silk. The scarf is beautiful and clearly expensive. It's an odd thing for a young man to own, but whatever meaning it has for him is less important than its value as a sturdy and safe way to keep the basilisk fang separate from the diary.

Coming to stand back, beside Snape he looks from the man to the box and then back again. Will he feel relief once it's gone? Harry isn't sure.