Angels and Women (1924)

24 ANGELS AND WOMEN
bound while he was addressing them, and all
plots for his assassination failed. I know
now that God set a hedge about him.
"Our parents died early and we, with our
few servants, were left in the world sole worshipers
of the true God. To dispel his grief,
my brother journeyed to a distant country
in the North and there, high among the dark
stony mountains, where bleak winds destroy
all but a scanty vegetation, he found a noble
family who had retreated thither to escape
the wickedness of the world. After many
months’ sojourn the oldest daughter was
given him in marriage, and he returned to
Balonia, bringing with his wife a young girl
whose parents had died in that distant land.
She was a lovely child, and with advancing
years grew into the perfection of womanhood.
Her name was Samoula.
"Noah’s heart was comforted, and I still
found consolation in studying works of a
purer age.
"Soon after this change in our family a