Poor Ginger (Ch 40 / Q28 )

A quote that expresses the theme of how cruel some men are is "Oh! If men were more merciful they would shoot us before we came to such misery, "because some horses are worked and worked till they drop down at their work. In this chapter Beauty meets an old friend, Ginger. But she isn't the Ginger he once knew. Now she is weak, skinny, and has trouble breathing from bad treatment. She had a very sad story to tell. After Beauty had left the Lord W's home at Earlshall, Ginger was given 12 months to recuperate. Than she had been sold. She got on well at first but then the strain returned and she was sold again and eventually again and again. Finally she was sold to a man that rents out cabs. But when they found out her problem they said that she should just be used up. This left Beauty very sad. But not long after that he thought he saw Ginger dead on a cart. At least that put her out of her suffering. I hope Beauty never gets that way.