"Not that it was o' mich use.

T' lambs niver get over wet spring and t' ewes is poor.

Then flock is weel under tally; I've lost two score Swinset Herdwicks, and the mak-up's next Thursday." "But how did you lose forty sheep ?" Grace asked.
"There was a hole in fell dyke and Swinset sheep are thief sheep, varra bad to hoad.

I bowt ewes there and t' lambs followed when they wandert back to their heaf." Grace pondered.

She had noted some reserve in Railton's manner when he mentioned the broken dyke and knew the flockmasters were careful about their dry walls.