Possible Clues:

• Lack of confidence resulting from former charge in court
• Would warm socks help such nervousness?
• *Hotheads?
• Nervous about it not being so hot over the yard
• Loss of nerve as a result of paddling in winter ?
• Does getting them make one nervous of having frozen toes?
• Lack of courage or confidence
• Informal fear - lacking warm socks?
• To be a century old with 12 in them is enough to make one nervous to have them
• Reluctance, without preparation, to speak of achievement