Randolph looked over to the Slytherin table. Ten soldiers stood to the left of the Slytherin table, and ten soldiers stood to the right of that table. All twenty soldiers were facing the seated Slytherin students. The soldiers were unequally spread across each side of the table: no soldier stood by the Slytherin firsties, and the second-years and third-years rated only one soldier per year-group on each side. But the fourth-, fifth-, sixth- and seventh-year Slytherins had two soldiers standing by each year-group, on each side of the table.