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BOXER'S split hoof was a long time in healing. They had started the
rebuilding of the windmill the day after the victory celebrations were
ended Boxer refused to take even a day off work, and made it a point
of honour not to let it be seen that he was in pain. In the evenings
he would admit privately to Clover that the hoof troubled him a great
deal. Clover treated the hoof with poultices of herbs which she prepared
by chewing them, and both she and Benjamin urged Boxer to work le |
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