Meanwhile, Professor McGonagall, a bespectacled witch with her hair in a tight bun, was placing the famous Hogwarts Sorting Hat on a stool before the newcomers.
Worple, who was a small, stout, bespectacled man, grabbed Harry's hand and shook it enthusiastically; the vampire Sanguini, who was tall and emaciated with dark shadows under his eyes, merely nodded.
In the weeks since Mr.Raysby died of the virus, Ms.James said she had wanted to wave a photo of him - a quiet, bespectacled man who once wooed her daughter with purple roses - at the world.
A few moments later a bespectacled young doctor wearing plastic slippers who, in Ove's view, has the distinct appearance of someone with a stick up his ass, comes into the room and stands dozily by the bed.