[Monty catches that stumble quite gracefully, managing not only not to trip over himself but, with a degree of foresight, to use the little backward reel that comes after it to step forward until there's barely a gap between them. Not so much dancing partner as prop: it should mean Merlin can't tumble to the floor but only directly into Monty in future.

And Monty wouldn't mind that too much.]

Narcissus himself couldn't be handsome in sackcloth. Besides, it's not just wearing the thing, is it? It's wearing it well enough that someone else would want to take it off.