One daughter ...

JUDITH:
Well, you’ll have a daughter now.
But we must go our way to--God kens where!
Before Jim brings the bride home. You’ve your wish:
Jim brings you home a daughter ...

(_As she speaks, a step is heard, and EZRA BARRASFORD appears in the
doorway. Turning to go, JUDITH meets him. She tries to pass him, but
he clutches her arm; and she stands, dazed, while his fingers grope
over her._)

EZRA:
So Jim’s back:
And has slipped by his old dad without a word?
I caught no footfall, though once I’d hear an adder
Slink through the bent. I’m deafer than an adder--
Deaf as the stone-wall Johnny Looney built
Around the frog that worried him with croaking.
I couldn’t hear the curlew--not a note.
But I forget my manners. Jim, you dog,
To go and wed, and never tell your dad!
I thought ’twas swedes you were after: and, by gox!
It’s safer fetching turnips than a wife.
But, welcome home! Is this the bonnie bride?
You’re welcome, daughter, home to Krindlesyke.
(_Feeling her face._)
But, wife, it’s Judith, after all! I kenned
That Judith was the lucky lass. You said