He could not tell the noose end of a lariat from the straight end, hardly.

Neither did Ronicky Doone know the slightest thing about barbed wire, except how to cut it when he wished to ride through.

Let us look closely at the hands themselves, as Ronicky stands in the door of the hotel and stares at the people walking by.

For he has taken off his gloves and he now rolls a cigarette.
They are very long hands.

The fingers are extremely slender and tapering.