Angels and Women (1924)

CHANGE 51
dark Deva raised his hand, and from the extended
finger a slender shaft of light like a
pale starbeam shot forward and quivered
over my father’s heart. The bright being
spoke again: "Smite the girl also, Hesperus."
"Not so, my Lord Satanas," said Hesperus,
surveying me attentively; "this is no common
maiden. Seest thou not her nature?"
"Unlike all others," exclaimed Satanas,
"clear and strong, perhaps dangerous. She
must die !" "My lord," responded Hesperus,
"I have done you some service; I have
hitherto asked no favor, but now I would
save this maiden," hesitating a moment--
"for myself."
"The Star of Evening would be reflected
in beautiful eyes at last," said Satanas,
turning upon him a smile of surprise and
triumph.
I shivered, but there was no motion; I
groaned, but I heard not my own voice. I
lay as in the deepest swoon
till the morning
sun shone upon our little boat and a shriek