"The Hat makes no mistake!" Ellory commented. Also, Hufflepuff was never someone's first choice as to where to be sorted. It seemed that it was great fun to be a Hufflepuff and rumour had it that they had the nicest common room at the castle. That being said, Hufflepuff was the most lowkey house of them all and that was why nobody picked it first.

"I understand what you mean. It is nice to be your own person." One thing she liked about being married, apart from the sex, was that she was no longer under Evelyn's care. She could make decisions for herself. Claude wasn't the sort of husband to impose strict rules on her either.

She liked Miss Abercrombie and the two continued talking and enjoying each other's company.