Angels and Women (1924)

GREATER CHANGE 127
Prophet warns the scoffing crowd--almost
the very hour--hasten! hasten! He is wise,
he is pure; no drop of Homa has passed his
lips, confusing reason and weakening will.
He can instruct us.
"We will go to the mountain-side; the
chariot awaits my call; the name of Uronion
upon its front is a passport, though all men
in the kingdom of Satanas know and fear
Minerva the Sorceress. Yea, to the Prophet
I will go, though my power be thus broken
and my life the forfeit I"
Anxious to enlighten Minerva, and also to
look once more upon the face of Allimades’
brother, I gladly accepted this proposal, and
we were soon on our way through the city
to the mountain. I was delighted with the
changing scenes of the busy marts, so new
and unfamiliar, the buildings of various
forms and uses, the long rows of colossal
images which bordered the highways as we
entered the royal avenue where dwell the
giant sons of Satanas.
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