Actually Lawrie, IIRC, finally does show some empathy for the pony; having got all indignant about the fact she'd hired it for the whole day, she suddenly sees it as having behaved rather cleverly, much as she might in the same circumstances, and feeds it the sugar lumps she'd brought. But of course as you say the point that the man at the stables made is that if it's a fast hunt, three hours or so is long enough for any pony, whether hired or belonging to Lawrie.
I wonder if there's some other stuff going on here with Ginty? She had half a term off following the events of Marlows and the Traitor, which were compounded for her by having been trapped in a bombed house some time previously, so perhaps Mrs Marlow thinks Catkin will be good for her as she clearly does enjoy riding and is good at it, and that having full responsibility for him is also important (which is one of the things I thought was going on in her not being allowed to lend him to her sisters).
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Date: 2005-08-30 09:18 pm (UTC)I wonder if there's some other stuff going on here with Ginty? She had half a term off following the events of Marlows and the Traitor, which were compounded for her by having been trapped in a bombed house some time previously, so perhaps Mrs Marlow thinks Catkin will be good for her as she clearly does enjoy riding and is good at it, and that having full responsibility for him is also important (which is one of the things I thought was going on in her not being allowed to lend him to her sisters).
(Want to borrow Attic Term?)