I seem to see on his distinguished features now the complacent expression of one who savours from afar the future fragrance of the fatted calf.
There is no sign of a fatted calf on the horizon with which to feed them.
Take the case of a farmer who has fatted his cattle and sent them down to market.
Nor did we see any fatted calf as far as the nation itself was concerned.
Did the fatted calf collapse in mortal terror?
I have an even greater sympathy for the fatted calf.
But there are large areas where the stock never can be fatted, because the land is wholly unsuitable for the purpose.
I am selling fatted cattle, and during the past few months the price has gone down for a 500 kilo bullock by nearly £30.
