CHAPTER 3

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𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓗𝓪𝓽 𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓚𝓷𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝓘𝓽 𝓐𝓵𝓵

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𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓗𝓪𝓽 𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓚𝓷𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝓘𝓽 𝓐𝓵𝓵

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓗𝓪𝓽 𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓚𝓷𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝓘𝓽 𝓐𝓵𝓵

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The door swung open at once.

A tall, black-haired witch in emerald-green robes stood there. She had a very stern face, that Harry and Gwendolyn knew that the witch before them was not someone to cross.

"The firs' years, Professor McGonagall," said Hagrid.

"Thank you, Hagrid. I will take them from here."

She pulled the door wide.

The entrance hall was so huge. The stone walls were lit with flaming torches like the ones at Gringotts, the ceiling was too high to make out, and a magnificent marble staircase facing them led to the upper floors.

They followed Professor McGonagall across the flagged stone floor.

The twins could hear the drone of hundreds of voices from a doorway to the right - the rest of the school must already be here - but Professor McGonagall showed the first years into a small, empty chamber off the hall.

They crowded in, standing rather closer together than they would usually have done, peering about nervously.

"Welcome to Hogwarts," said Professor McGonagall. "The start-of-term banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your Houses. The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your House will be something like your family within Hogwarts. You will have classes with the rest of your House, sleep in your House dormitory, and spend free time in your House common room.

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