Of course she was a Hufflepuff, he thought to himself. He felt a bit of offense suddenly, almost insulted that his daughter had been cast into Hufflepuff with the dregs of Wizard society. And she had a boyfriend. Hopefully a good bloke with a decent pedigree. She seemed bright and well-adjusted, so that was a plus. Deep down, however, he was starting to worry that he would break her heart just as he had her mother's, and realized that it was inevitable that he would.
"Some boyfriend, leaving you out her to b accosted by random strangers," he said with a chuckle. "Is he a good bloke at least? I'm not going to have to scare him into treating you respectfully, right?"