Angels and Women (1924)

GREATER CHANGE 111
crystal dome thickly hung with glittering
prisms, a thousand pillars of jacinth entwined
by golden wreaths upheld the immense
arch; the marble walls were made
airy by delicate and graceful perforations
through which the cool night breeze could
penetrate.
In glancing over the gay throng, my eyes
rested upon a figure standing in an open
archway, which at once startled me and
riveted my attention. Tall, graceful, serious,
in this white-robed figure my eyes and
heart recognized the youth of the mountain,
whom I doubted not was the youngest son
of the Prophet. 0 could I but have speech
with him, one of my own kindred, a man unpolluted
in the midst of universal corruption,
one I could safely trust! But if this were
not the young man I had seen--if Minerva
had mistaken his character--if he should
have no interest in my welfare, or should
despise the daughter of the queen of Satanas I
These doubts rent my bosom, and destroyed
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