"I completely agree," said Neville, as Dean and Seamus nodded mutinously. "That's how they've been doing it since forever, though, and I kind of suspect that it might be one of the reasons we keep having wars with goblins. Actually, I think it might happen again pretty soon?" He pulled out a fresh piece of paper, and wrote in block capitals the names of the seven Noble Houses, and stared at it, frowning.