Possible Clues:

• Clothing range with buckles
• Curious thing on river? It’s what the retiring may assume
• Almost evidence of crying about wife's bedclothes?
• On the point of crying about wife's evening dress
• Bedroom items? What reign could they be?
• Sleeping, finally, in the raw, when this is misplaced?
• In the raw, sadly, without good evening dress?
• Fashion that's had its day?
• Close sprint to catch wife in negligee, perhaps
• Close to emotional reaction about wife in negligee, say