Angels and Women (1924)

GREATER CHANGE 165
ceive that which cannot be apprehended by
outward sense. By this I am warned to take
no part in these scenes. Forgive me if I but
observe thee at a distance; my heart is with
thee even unto the end."
"My child," she said, "thy words fill me
with alarm l They are the clear echo of a
dull voice within me, a reproof, a menace;
my conscience is troubled, but reason is
clouded. I am driven forward by an irresistible
power, tangled in a net from which I
cannot extricate myself. I fear yon haughty
lord, yet I must obey his will. O that Allimades
still lived 1" At this, the only allusion
to my father she had ever made, we were
both greatly agitated. I restrained myself
with difficulty, and soothed her, saying--
"The evil is irreparable: the diet of the
Palace, its baths and perfumes, I have taken
none of them, and can perceive dearly that
the future will execute the decrees of the
Most High. Let us hold fast the thread of
faith t
Allimades placed in our hands, and i