Harry makes a thoroughly disgusted noise. "Scotland! I have the good fortune to be granted a door to the very end of creation, and it resembles nothing so much as Scotland. Wherefore should I even come?"

...after a quick glance at Tommy and some surprisingly sensible second thoughts: "Yet I have heard there are stables, and I should be glad of a chance to ride, if I may. Do you ride?" That, you know, may have been an overture, or a nice gesture, or something along those lines. It would make sense to respond in kind.