Angels and Women (1924)

GREATER 67 CHANGE l
streamed upon the royal pair, conferring
such dazzling effulgence that the astonished
multitude, after a moment of stupefaction,
burst into a storm of applause, shouting, "A
god l a goddess l Glory to Samoula, peerless
in beauty l Glory to Satanas, Light-creator,
King of the Earth and the Sun!"
This blasphemous adulation of created beings
filled me with horror, a feeling which
seemed to find voice in a growl of thunder
from a black cloud overhead, as it suddenly
closed together.
And now the blare of trumpets announced
the approach of the tribute-bearers, an almost
interminable procession, who were this
day to lay the treasures of earth and sea at
the feet of the mighty Prince. The giant
sons of Satanas led the van, their athletic
forms clad in silver scales, and on their heads
nodding plumes. Fair were they in complexion,
with light, curling locks; for though the
numerous wives of Satanas had been of every
style of beauty, the sons resembled their