four in the morning
You 're just as fit for herding as you are for breaking stones . Now , just be quiet , my dear . What do you ken about herding , but what you have learnt beneath Elsie Ray 's plaid on a summer 's afternoon ? And what good could you do your aunt , -- away before four in the morning , and not home till dark at night , as you would need to be ? '' The last stroke told . `` I could do little , indeed , '' thought Lilias ; but she could not speak , and soon Nancy said : `` As for light field-labour , if such a thing was to be found in the countryside , which is not my thought , your aunt would never hear of such a thing . Field-labourers canna choose their company ; and they are but a rough set at best .