`` i am perfectly happy for him to ride , when the rest of the crew do , '' although this was not entirely true : with as much opportunity as ferris had been given , during their brief stay in brazil , forthing had not bothered to repair any of his wardrobe but what had outright holes in it ; his green coat was faded almost to grey , his neckcloth a disgrace , and his trousers frayed at hem and seams .