"Firstly, Professor Rumus Lupin, who had kindly consented to fill the post of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher."
Amist the lukewarm applause here were two loud, simultaneous gasps from behind them. Harry looked around, and found the Weasley twins staring at Professor Lupin with wide, starstruck eyes.
Next to him, Mayumi chuckles.
I typed 'applause' wrong, but then my keyboard auto-corrected it to 'applesauce'.