" Harry, that's three of my little suppers you've missed now! " said Slughorn, poking him genially in the chest. " It won't do, m'boy, I'm determined to have you! Miss Granger loves them, don't you? "
Hutton was born in 1726 into a prosperous Scottish family, and enjoyed the sort of material comfort that allowed him to pass much of his life in a genially expansive round of light work and intellectual betterment.