Angels and Women (1924)

TEBAH AND ITS INMATES 203
in the East, a heavy blast swirled down from
the North with a force that shook our building
and chilled us to the bone. In a few moments
came a hot wind from the opposite
direction; the air was filled with dust and
at the same time an unusual dampness was
felt.
Unconsciousness of the awful certainty
could be no longer feigned. "0 Japheth," I
cried, "Azelles and the Prince of the Power
of the Air rage in darkness above the valley
and the earth shudders!" We rose hastily
and all stood in silence with bowed heads and
faces covered.
We then approached the broad window;
one glance upward and we shrank aghast
from the appalling sky. Around the
cramped, distorted horizon a lurid haze had
settled. Over this crawled a great mass of
tawny vapor and high above was a dome of
black clouds, like great rocks rolling in the
skies.
Yet no wind now stirred the leaves; a