Hogwarts population again

[dorband at uwp.edu]

No: HPFGUIDX 18539

4 Even if each student took only an average of 30 seconds to get 
sorted, the sorting  ceremony would be over an hour long.  
>       ^
>      / \
>     /   \       Joywitch M. Curmudgeon
>    /     \
> __/       \__
> 
> 
*

It always struck me as unreasonable that Harry and Hermione would 
entirely MISS the sorting in PoA when they met with MM upon arriving 
at Hogwarts.  This meeting couldn't have taken so long as to miss the 
entire sorting - and what, wouldn't MM want/need to be at the sorting 
to welcome her new charges?!?  Implausible, I'd say.  

Brian