The horses also had been fed for a fortnight on straw from the thatched roofs and had become terribly thin , though still covered with tufts of felty winter hair .
Лошади тоже две недели кормились соломой с соломенных крыш и ужасно исхудали, хотя еще были покрыты клочьями войлочной зимней шерсти.