In Britain these days, Burberry-wear is now de rigueur among the "lower orders" (I insert nervous quotation marks lest I am accused of class bigotry). 'Chavs' in England and 'Neds' in Scotland all proudly sport this attire, as they drunkenly search for hapless humans to slaughter on a Saturday night. The famous chequer-pattern adorning a hat or shirt has, paradoxically, become the ultimate escutcheon of antidisestablishmentarianism on British shores, the mark of a social predator which sends other mammals scurrying for cover. Or merely the chosen attire of the disenfranchised orphans of the system. I'll leave that to the clever social critics to decide. I'll have to re-read 'Ada or Ardor' to see if Ada indulges in any anti-social behaviour while wearing this gear.