Angels and Women (1924)

TEBAH AND ITS INMATES 201
dimly through the mist, we rose and prepared
for watching the skies and other outward
portents betokening the coming Deluge.
The tremendous tragedy overshadowing
our own lives rendered us all silent. The
moon was at its full. An increasing light in
the east gave token of its approach. "The
Flood-tide," said the Prophet, "will soon be
upon us. Even if the Devas should now
return and attempt the removal of their retinues
in waiting at Balonia it could not be
accomplished. They would be met on every
side by the advancing waters and their overthrow
hastened. They must renounce forever
now their assumed bodies of flesh and
return to their normal condition to be bound
in fetters by the Almighty. Their giant sons
they will see no more forever. In a few
hours the Deluge will inevitably reach us;
but fear not, my children; let your faith in
God be manifested in the midst of the very
terrors that surround us; they are but the
fulfillment of His immutable word."