War Horse
War Horse
What does Ted narracotts wife think of the purchase?
What does Ted narracotts wife think of the purchase?
Rose was angry, and the couple argued. We learn that her husband was supposed to have bought a calf..... not a colt.
I was left there with no water and no food while he stumbled off across the cobbles and up into the farm-house beyond. There was the sound of slamming doors and raised voices before I heard footsteps running back across the yard and excited voices coming closer.
‘But why the divil did he buy him, Mother?’ Albert asked. ‘It was a calf we wanted, wasn’t it? That’s what he went in to market for, wasn’t it? A calf to suckle old Celandine?’