"Well, they can't all be Weasleys...." Essery said it as a joke, then smiled at him and nodded toward the small hallway near the portrait entrance to Hufflepuff. Her own rooms were a bit down that hallway, and she gave him a slightly nervous smile before she turned that way in a silent invitation for him to follow.
The password for her doors was "Charring Cross" and the door swung back into her own rooms - decorated in warm browns and, of course, purples and yellows. "Make yourself at home. Watch the cat."