Angels and Women (1924)

154 ANGELS AND WOMEN
This was my moment for flight, but by
reason of fear and astonishment I was rendered
powerless. However, the reflection
that delay would but increase the danger of
discovery gave me supernatural strength.
Noislessly I crept from my place of concealment
and safely outside the gate of the
Tower, flew rather than ran to my retreat in
the Palace. Once only I dared to glance
backward. I had not been discovered.
Upon the dizzy height of the dome stood
Hesperus alone. His eyes, which blenched
not at what confronted him, earnestly
scanned the vault of heaven. Absorbed,
motionless, he strove to forecast the possibilities
of the morrow.
HESPERUS AND SATANAS
Evening had now fallen upon the earth.
The day, sultry and hot, was over, and exhausted
by its extraordinary adventures, I
threw off the upper wrap with which, since