At dinnertime, the older students took their seats at the tables one by one, waiting for the first-year sorting ceremony.
Professor McGonagall led a long line of first-year newcomers to the front of the Great Hall, placed the Sorting Hat on a three-legged stool, and read out the names of the new students, having them step forward in turn to be sorted.
Fred and George stared intently at the sorting ceremony, dying for the professors to announce the "good news" Alistair had mentioned.
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