I think the implication is that his mother really wanted those particular shoes, or they're so poor that she never had a nice pair of shoes, or something like that. Maybe it's just one of those "it's the thought that counts" things. It's still really irksome.
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Date: 2006-12-11 04:46 pm (UTC)