Kirstin. To school? No, how could I? Father couldn't have spared me.
Merton. Not even when you were little?
Kirstin. I don't believe anyhow there was a school near enough. Father learned me to read, and I write a bit too, but not very well. [Smiling]. I've always worked with the sheep ever since I can remember. When I was little I used to drive them in and see if any were missing.
Merton. Could you count them?
Kirstin [surprised]. Oh, no; but I knew them all one from another and could tell which was gone.
Merton. Could you? Can you do that now?
Kirstin. Well, of course. Anyone could.
Merton. Anyone? Do you really believe that?
Kirstin. Yes, anyone living out here, like us.
Merton. Ah, you know things we don't know in London.