For all his desire to be one of the country, he was never ashamed to acknowledge his ignorance.
"Now, don't you chaps think it silly to wear such high heels to your boots ?" he would ask.

"It seems to me a very useless sort of vanity." "No vanity about it, Tim," I explained.

"In the first place, it keeps your foot from slipping through the stirrup.

In the second place, it is good to grip on the ground when you're roping afoot." "By Jove, that's true!" he cried.
So he'd get him a pair of boots.

For a while it was enough to wear and own all these things.