Angels and Women (1924)

212 ANGELS AND WOMEN
ing over the mountain-steeps. Feeble daylight
at length struggled faintly through the
enveloping shroud of darkness and we could
see many dead bodies floating all around us;
later, thicker darkness shut us in. Our noble
father Noah was a pillar of strength to
us all through these dark days and cheered
and comforted us in our deep distress. Who
can describe the anguish caused by witnessing
the desolation of a world l Yet we preserved
a measure of tranquillity, even in the
midst of universal destruction, knowing that
this was but a just retribution permitted by
the All-Powerful One as a lasting example
of the results of disobedience.
Again and again did day blacken into
night of only a deeper shade of blackness.
Then the long night would pale into a semblance
of day. We would welcome even the
faintest rays of light and eagerly awaited
the cessation of the tempest.
Finally, the Prophet spake to us in words
of comfort: "My dear ones, God Almighty,