Harry fidgeted through the sorting, only paying attention when a new student caused a buzz amongst the upper years, always because of their Name, or lack thereof. They got a McNair and a Chadsworth and a Lestrange-Hudson and a Knightley, all of whom had powerful enough Names to earn enthusiastic applause from Slytherin house. The other first years were lower status purebloods and halfbloods, each earning perfunctory applause.