Angels and Women (1924)

ALLIMADES’ STORY 33
four days’ journey we reached the Hermitage,
which Lamech had prepared in the
hour of inspiration.
"Here we lived in safety; our garden has
flourished like Eden of old; the flocks and
herds have increased; and you, my beloved
child, our most precious possession, were
sent to cheer the solitude. In calm tranquillity
have I passed the rolling years, giving
you counsel or instruction, and increasing
that treasury of ancient lore hitherto concealed
from your innocent eyes, but which
you may now peruse with advantage.
Therein is contained the record of families
and nations, with many a story from the
lives of those who have preceded us in this
world of hope and fear, of pain and pleasure.
You will there also find a description
of the great kingdom of Satanas (to which
God grant you may ever remain a stranger),
and of other people and of countries in distant
parts of the earth, where safe from the
Evil Ones, we might have hoped to dwell,