Angels and Women (1924)

ALLIMADES’ STORY 23
with gold and gems; its pomp and pageantry
excelled everything previously known. But
while feasting and seraphic music filled the
royal saloons, deeds of awful violence made
the subterranean vaults to shudder. Yet
glory be to the All-Powerful, for the fulfillment
of the decrees, Lamech and Alladis, my
parents, were preserved, and near this city of
supreme glory and guilt I was reared in the
ways of righteousness. Being devoted to the
acquisition of learning, I was spoken of as
’Allimades, the Sage of Balonia!’
"I had one brother; his name was Noah.
I know not if he still lives. He was upright
and courageous, and being gifted with
extraordinary powers of oratory, he fearlessly
denounced the foul living of the Evil
Ones, and called upon God for deliverance.
How often have I listened with awe, when
like a torrent his sublime words were poured
out in warning, and have trembled with fear
of the Devas’ vengeance. But he seemed to
bear a charmed life; his hearers were spell-