Jacobite in January

Our peripatetic Joe Collier,
can you stand it, has allowed
Zegna to swath his limbs in 
deconstructed Lindsay, amidst 
the gauntlet of jobbers and
scribes whose rôle in life
is to subject the unknowing 
to envy. I've always thought 
it a little exotic, that they 
couldn't settle for desire.
But there you are: once more 
into the breeches, and we all 
know exactly who's going to 
survive this sweet travesty.

                  His horse he ordered to wear

                  their shirts above their buff

                  jerkins, in order that they

                  might be distinguished from

                  the enemy .. He had shown him-

                  self able to adapt his few re-

                  sources to any emergency, and

                  to rise superior to any misfor-

                  tune. For the moment he was the

                  undisputed master of all Scotland.

John Buchan, Lord Tweedsmuir

The Marquis of Montrose

Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1913©