sally asked , like this was her most fervent wish when he knew that morning ( because she told him , twice ) , her most fervent wish was to have a horse and the morning before it had been to go shopping at harrods , not that he knew where she picked up that ludicrous idea and lamented the fact that his daughter had to go to school at all , especially when there were other girls there with imaginations far more vivid than sally 's , which was saying something .