morning, noon
they were n't his , they were mine to lose and mine to save . I had my choice , I took it , I lost them . Call Jacky and let 's to work and save here and there one , if so be God shall be kinder to them than I have been . '' From that hour there was but little rest morning , noon or night . It was nothing but an endless routine of anointing and washing , washing and anointing sheep . To the credit of Mr. Thompson it must be told that of the four hundred who had been taken in time no single sheep died ; but of the others a good many . There are incompetent shepherds as well as incompetent statesmen and doctors , though not so many .