44 Scotland Street. The Prime of Bertie Pollock, Chapter 60: Bertie’s moment

By arrangement with the Purse Bearer, Stuart dropped off Bertie and Ranald Braveheart Macpherson at the main gate of the Palace of Holyroodhouse. On the other side of the road stood the Scottish Parliament, beside which the High Street ran steadily up the spine of rock along which the Old Town of Edinburgh had been built. To the east was the bulk of Arthur’s Seat and Salisbury Crags, and to the north, beyond the rooftops of Jock’s Lodge, were the cold waters of the Firth of Forth and the North S...