"Ay, ay," he said, "another woman, another woman."
"Somewhere or other she waits for you," said Greeba. "Depend on that."
"Ay, somewhere or other," he said.
"So don't lose heart, Jason," she said; "don't lose heart."
"I don't," he said, "not I;" and yet again he laughed. But, growing serious in a moment, he said, "And did you leave home and kindred and come out to this desolate place only that you might live under the same roof with your husband?"
"My home was his home," said Greeba, "my kindred his kindred, and where he was there had I to be."
"And have you waited through these two long years," he said, "for the day and the hour when you might reveal yourself to him?"
"I could have waited for my husband," said Greeba, "through twice the seven long years that Jacob waited for Rachel
