It was odd to think of Hogsmeade as being that old - somehow, perhaps because of the age of the shops and the fact that sometimes if felt like the families of her friends and housemates had made the village - the idea that it was almost as old as the school was strange - in comparison to the schools austere form and classical architecture Hogsmeade felt practically modern.

Emma dutifully made her notes, determined to impress Professor Darrow in the homework on the subject.

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