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Mrs. Gordon
Sir Oliver is Squire Gordon’s former hunter. He’s old and retired, though he sometimes carries Miss Jessie or Miss Flora. During his conversations with Black Beauty, Ginger, and Merrylegs, Sir Oliver rails against people’s cruelty toward horses. He detests “fashion” and what it makes people do to their animals. His own tail is docked (cut off), which he explains was the fashion at the time. The modification, he explains, was totally useless in addition to being immensely painful. He hates bearing reins and blinkers, and he believes both are useless.
Sir Oliver Quotes in Black Beauty
The Black Beauty quotes below are all either spoken by Sir Oliver or refer to Sir Oliver. 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 10
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“They healed in time, and they forgot the pain, but the nice soft flap that of course was intended to protect the delicate part of their ears from dust and injury was gone for ever. Why don’t they cut their own children’s ears into points to make them look sharp? Why don’t they cut the end off of their noses to make them look plucky? One would be just as sensible as the other. What right have they to torment and disfigure God’s creatures?”
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Sir Oliver Quotes in Black Beauty
The Black Beauty quotes below are all either spoken by Sir Oliver or refer to Sir Oliver. 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 10
Quotes
“They healed in time, and they forgot the pain, but the nice soft flap that of course was intended to protect the delicate part of their ears from dust and injury was gone for ever. Why don’t they cut their own children’s ears into points to make them look sharp? Why don’t they cut the end off of their noses to make them look plucky? One would be just as sensible as the other. What right have they to torment and disfigure God’s creatures?”
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