No wonder he's like a boot, hard on the outside, giving shape to a pulp of tenderfoot.

难怪他就像只靴子，外表坚硬，形成脚。

" Black" Burton, a man evil-tempered and malicious, had been picking a quarrel with a tenderfoot at the bar, when Thornton stepped good-naturedly between.

当时，顿在酒吧间出面好“黑”伯顿，——个脾气暴躁、心狠手辣的家伙，——不要老是欺负个新来的人。