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Angels and Women (1924)

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226 ANGELS AND WOMEN<br />

We never tire of watching the sun sink<br />

into the waste of waters, transforming the<br />

heavens to a mass of glorious color, gradually<br />

fading to paler shades <strong>and</strong> fainter glow<br />

until the last ray disappears.<br />

Japheth broke the eloquent silence (I<br />

have found one can be silent with those they<br />

love) with the words: "Aloma, I have<br />

peculiar love for the setting sun. I have<br />

often wondered what l<strong>and</strong> it looks upon as<br />

it passes from our sight. In the West there<br />

is some attraction which I cannot resist; my<br />

eyes turn thither <strong>and</strong> my heart follows. Does<br />

it not seem strange to you, my beloved ?"<br />

"Japheth," I answered, "I underst<strong>and</strong>; the<br />

same impulse<br />

moment !"<br />

impels me, even at this<br />

Though the hot blood suffused<br />

as I spoke, I faltered not.<br />

my face<br />

"My husb<strong>and</strong>, thou art rightly called<br />

:Extension: thy children <strong>and</strong> mine will ever<br />

journey to the West; our hearts do but precede<br />

their footsteps. An Illumination from

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