Black Beauty, Part 40 summary
Part 40 of 49 · 3 min to read the part
In 40 Poor Ginger, Black Beauty meets Ginger beside a park and hears how repeated sales and relentless cab work leave her sick, exhausted, and wishing for death. Their reunion ends when her driver takes her away, and Black Beauty soon sees a dead horse that he believes is Ginger.
What happens
- While waiting beside a park, Black Beauty recognizes Ginger in a thin, coughing horse attached to a shabby cab.
- Ginger explains how her returning injury leads to repeated sales until a cab owner buys her.
- She describes constant work and whipping, explaining that both her owner and her driver demand earnings from her.
- Ginger says she no longer resists cruelty and wishes to die while working rather than face the knackers.
- Black Beauty touches noses with her before her driver roughly pulls her away.
- A short time afterward, Black Beauty sees a dead chestnut horse and hopes it is Ginger, free from suffering.
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What to notice
Ginger explains how ownership becomes an excuse for exhausting her. The demand for earnings overrides concern for her suffering.
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What does Black Beauty conclude about the dead horse on the cart?
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