Angels and Women (1924)

CHANGE 67
Then I fell upon my knees and clasped
Samoula’s hand. "Dear mother," I exclaimed,
"God has enlightened my mind,
therefore permit me to speak. Satanas and
Hesperus are treacherous friends. They
have destroyed Allimades and Cheros, and
can easily take our lives. But over our eternal
destiny they have no power, except as
it is conferred by our own will. Resist these
wicked demons and they are powerless. For
their wicked purpose the Devas desire possession
both of the mind and of the body.
Therefore they condescend to temporize, to
persuade, to allure. O mother, do not yield,
lest you embrace death I"
"Aloma," she answered soothingly, "you
are a child, utterly without knowledge of the
world. Your judgment is immature; a timid
fancy has misled you. In this wilderness
death is indeed inevitable. In Balonia, my
early home, whither my heart has ever
turned, we shall find, under the protection of
its powerful lord, not only life, but happiness.