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Why does Albert's father go to the market in CH 1?

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Albert's father was supposed to have gotten a calf at the market. He brought home Joey instead.

‘But why the divil did he buy him, Mother?’ Albert asked. ‘It was a calf we wanted, wasn’t it? That’s what he went in to market for, wasn’t it? A calf to suckle old Celandine?’

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