Chapter 193

Harry came down the marble staircase and returned to the Great Hall.

The Great Hall was a sea of pointed black hats. Every long House table was packed with students, their faces gleaming in the light of the thousands of candles floating above the tables.

Professor Flitwick—the Charms teacher, a small wizard with a full head of white hair—walked out into the hall holding a battered old hat and a stool.