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They rode out at sunrise, Cormac and Toste, with the dogs and house-carles, and worked all day fetching in the sheep. It was hard work; and the dusk came down early and found them still at it. Toste, who knew where they were, said that it would be well to put into Nupsdale-stead for the night. "They'll feed us well, and we shall hear some good talk," he said.
Cormac said it was all one to him where he stayed. He was ready to sleep out on the fell, or go home, as Toste pleased.