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Herr Major
Heinie is the lead horse of a gun team in Herr Major’s unit, which includes Coco, the Golden Halflingers, Joey and Topthorn. Even though he’s a big, strong draft horse, he succumbs to exhaustion first, and the unit’s veterinarians execute him when he fails to pass his physical inspection one day.
Heinie Quotes in War Horse
The War Horse quotes below are all either spoken by Heinie or refer to Heinie. 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 12
Quotes
“There’s fine breeding here—too fine, perhaps, Herr Major. Could well be his undoing. He’s too fine to pull a gun. I’d pull him out, but you have no horse to take his place, have you? He’ll go on, I supposed, but go easy on him, Herr Major. Take the team as slow as you can, else you’ll have no team, and without your team your gun won’t be a lot of use, will it?”
“He will have to do what the others do, Herr Doctor,” said the major in a steely voice. “No more and no less. I cannot make exceptions. If you pass him fit, he’s fit, and that’s that.”
“He’s fit to go on,” said the vet reluctantly. “But I am warning you, Herr Major. You must take care.”
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Heinie Quotes in War Horse
The War Horse quotes below are all either spoken by Heinie or refer to Heinie. 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 12
Quotes
“There’s fine breeding here—too fine, perhaps, Herr Major. Could well be his undoing. He’s too fine to pull a gun. I’d pull him out, but you have no horse to take his place, have you? He’ll go on, I supposed, but go easy on him, Herr Major. Take the team as slow as you can, else you’ll have no team, and without your team your gun won’t be a lot of use, will it?”
“He will have to do what the others do, Herr Doctor,” said the major in a steely voice. “No more and no less. I cannot make exceptions. If you pass him fit, he’s fit, and that’s that.”
“He’s fit to go on,” said the vet reluctantly. “But I am warning you, Herr Major. You must take care.”
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