Angels and Women (1924)

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bing heart; my thoughts revert to Allimades
resting beneath the cypress trees. O that
I ! were lying unconscious by his side
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
There was but one moment to dream, for
now an awful uproar arose throughout the
Palace--shouts, curses, yells; then a confused
crowd rushed madly into the garden,
men and giants uttering unintelligible cries.
Towering above all others, the mighty
celestials pressed forward, rage and fury depicted
on their dreadful faces.
And lo! the fountain of fire in the midst
of the garden, moved by some infernal influence,
shot up furiously into the sky, lighting
with unnatural glare the great court, the
palace and surrounding heights--a fearful
mockery of day. The struggling crowd
surged and howled forth oaths and blasphemies
so horrible that I pressed my hands
upon my ears to shut out the stunning words.
In vain did I oppose such feeble barriers, for
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