A Death to Record
“Although he had asked Sean to swap milkings to make it easier for him to attend, it was actually going to be possible to do both, if he got a move on. This, he acknowledged wryly to himself, was what Sean had insisted all along.
‘Why can’t you do the milking first?’ the herdsman had demanded. ‘They won’t start before ten-thirty, and you can easily get away from here in time for that.’ ‘Because I don’t want to do three hours’ work beforehand. I don’t want to rush the washing down, change my ...clothes and then get my head straight enough to concentrate on what they’re saying. What difference does it make to you anyway?’ Sean’s answer to that had been vague and inarticulate.
Most of the local farmers had made the effort to attend. They’d hired a room at the White Hart in Okehampton, with coffee and lunch laid on, and a speaker from the NFU brought in – though nobody was too sure how that might turn out if things got militant.MoreLess
‘Why can’t you do the milking first?’ the herdsman had demanded. ‘They won’t start before ten-thirty, and you can easily get away from here in time for that.’ ‘Because I don’t want to do three hours’ work beforehand. I don’t want to rush the washing down, change my ...clothes and then get my head straight enough to concentrate on what they’re saying. What difference does it make to you anyway?’ Sean’s answer to that had been vague and inarticulate.
Most of the local farmers had made the effort to attend. They’d hired a room at the White Hart in Okehampton, with coffee and lunch laid on, and a speaker from the NFU brought in – though nobody was too sure how that might turn out if things got militant.MoreLess
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