[[../../Characters/Harry Potter|Harry]], [[../../Characters/Hermione Granger|Hermione]], and [[../../Characters/Ron Weasley|Ron]] sneak off from [[../Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes/]] and follow [[../../Characters/Draco Malfoy|Draco Malfoy]] intoto Borgin & Burkes, where by means of [[../../Magic/Extendable Ear|Extendable Ears]], they overhear Malfoy telling Borgin that he needs something fixed. He also needs to buy another object but cannot take it with him. He doesn't want Borgin to tell anyone about it, not even his own mother, and threatens Borgin with one [[../../Characters/Fenrir Greyback|Fenrir Greyback]], who he says is an old family friend. After Malfoy leaves, Hermione goes into the store and attempts to determine what it is that Malfoy had bought, but without success.
We also learn that following his 7th year ofat Hogwarts, Voldemort[[../../Characters/Tom Marvolo Riddle|Tom Riddle]] worked there for a time, much to the surprise of everyone who knew him. We learn that it was while he was employed at Borgin & Burkes that he discovered that [[../../Characters/Hepzibah Smith|Hepzibah Smith]] owned artifacts of two of the Hogwarts teachersfounders: [[../../Characters/Helga Hufflepuff|Hufflepuff's]] cup and [[../../Characters/Salazar Slytherin|Slytherin's]] locket.
