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== Literature ==
* At the end of ''[[Harry Potter and Thethe Philosopher's Stone (novel)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', Dumbledore knows that this trope is in full force when he says "what happened in the dungeons between [Harry] and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret -- so, naturally, the whole school knows."
* In Gerald Morris in ''[[The Squire's Tales|The Ballad of Sir Dinadan]]''. Tristram and Isolde have the world's least secret love affair—literally everyone but Isolde's husband knows, and he at least suspects. This is mostly because Tristram has been riding about the country telling everyone in great detail about the vow of silence he has taken and how he can never even say his true love Isolde's name.
** The trope also applies to Lancelot and Guinevere's affair in the first couple of books, though in this case it's treated more seriously due to the effect it has on Arthur and the court.
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