War Comes to Willy Freeman
Why do the soldiers apologize for killing the cow when Lucy confronts them in the novel, War Comes to Willy Freeman?
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The two soldiers say that they've been ordered not to damage property owned by blacks, but hadn't realized that the cow belonged to a black family. They apologize and offer to leave the meat, but Lucy is furious and tells them to take it.
War Comes to Willy Freeman