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Rob Roy is a black horse ridden by George Gordon. He falls and is injured during a foxhunt when he and George aren’t able to keep their footing after a difficult jump into a brook. He’s shot after this due to his injuries. Later, Black Beauty learns that Duchess, his mother, is also Rob Roy’s mother.
Rob Roy Quotes in Black Beauty
The Black Beauty quotes below are all either spoken by Rob Roy or refer to Rob Roy. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2
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Not many days after, we heard the church bell tolling for a long time; and looking over the gate we saw a long strange black coach that was covered with black cloth and was drawn by black horses; after that came another and another and another, and all were black, while the bell kept tolling, tolling. They were carrying young Gordon to the churchyard to bury him. He would never ride again. What they did with Rob Roy I never knew; but ‘twas all for one little hare.
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Rob Roy Quotes in Black Beauty
The Black Beauty quotes below are all either spoken by Rob Roy or refer to Rob Roy. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 2
Quotes
Not many days after, we heard the church bell tolling for a long time; and looking over the gate we saw a long strange black coach that was covered with black cloth and was drawn by black horses; after that came another and another and another, and all were black, while the bell kept tolling, tolling. They were carrying young Gordon to the churchyard to bury him. He would never ride again. What they did with Rob Roy I never knew; but ‘twas all for one little hare.
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