The Halloween feast seemed to take much longer than usual. But at long last, the golden plates returned to their original spotless state and there was a sharp upswing in the level of noise within the Hall, which died away almost instantly as Dumbledore got to his feet. On either side of him, Professor Karkaroff and Madame Maxime looked as tense and expectant as anyone. Ludo Bagman was beaming and winking at various students. Mr Crouch, however, looked quite uninterested, almost bored. "Well, the Goblet is almost ready to make its decision, I estimate that it requires one more minute. Now, when the Champions" names are called, I would ask them please to come up to the top of the Hall, walk along the staff table, and go through into the next Chamber." Dumbledore indicated the door behind the staff table. "Where they will be receiving their first instructions." he added on.