dow of
the castle
they walked up a flight of stone steps and crowded around the
hu, oak front door
&ot;everyone here? you there, still got yer toad?&ot;
hagrid raised a gigantic fist and knocked three tis on the
castle door
chapter seven
the rtg hat
the door swung open at once a tall, bck-haired witch
erald-green robes stood there she had a very stern face and
harry≈39;s first thought was that this was not one to cross
&ot;the firs≈39; years, profesr cgonagall,&ot; said hagrid
&ot;thank you, hagrid i will take the fro here&ot;
she pulled the door wide the entrance hall was big you
uld have fit the whole of the dursleys≈39; hoe it the stone
walls were lit with fg torches like the ones at grgotts,
the ceilg was too high to ake out, and a agnificent arble
staircase facg the led to the upper floors
they followed profesr cgonagall across the ed stone
floor harry uld hear the drone of hundreds of voices fro a
doorway to the right -the rest of the school t already be here
-- but profesr cgonagall showed the first years to a sall,
epty chaber off the hall they crowded , standg rather closer
tother than they would ually have done, peerg about nervoly
&ot;wele to hogwarts,&ot; said profesr cgonagall