Angels and Women (1924)

ut for the stern injunctions of the prophet
that we must remain concealed; discovery
will be fatal.
"I am content, but your mother, now that
you are grown and do not require her maternal
care, is often unhappy. She feels
vaguely the loss of that life in which she is
fitted to shine, and where she would have
been the admiration of all eyes. I observe
her growing uneasiness with extreme anxiety.
I know not what it portends. Guard
your own heart, and assist me, my dear child,
to divert your mother, lest an evil thought
should enter her mind."
THE DISCOVERY
At this moment my mother appeared coming
down the avenue. She was flushed with
labor, and as she slowly moved forward I,
for the first time, realized her exceeding
loveliness. She was now in the full maturity
of her charms, and of perfectly developed
proportions. Her large blue eyes drooped