I wish ye were more respectable clad, but a good topcoat will hide defeecencies.' From behind the gig's seat he pulled out an ancient Gladstone bag and revealed its contents.

There was a bowler of a vulgar and antiquated style; there was a ready-made overcoat of some dark cloth, of the kind that a clerk wears on the road to the office; there was a pair of detachable celluloid cuffs, and there was a linen collar and dickie.
Also there was a small handcase, such as bagmen carry on their rounds.
'That's your luggage,' said Amos with pride.

'That wee bag's full of samples.

Ye'll mind I took the precaution of measurin' ye in Glasgow, so the things'll fit.

Ye've got a new name, Mr Brand, and I've taken a room for ye in the hotel on the strength of it.