"Oh, no. He don't work with cattle."

It'll be some time before 'cowboy' takes on its more fanciful definition, and a few years yet before Kate's used to hearing it that way.

"He breeds horses, breaks 'em, too. He's got a fine eye for it. An' we've got pigs and goats to sell, some chickens, and a few crops. He grew up in Georgia, after spendin' his boyhood in New York, like you. But he was born in England."