Angels and Women (1924)

GREATER CHANGE 109honor and jewels fit for the daughter of aqueen. O my child, do not refuse to accompanyme and participate in my fortune andglory! You are the only tie that binds meto the past. I may yet wish to retrace mysteps; let not this link be broken.""I will accompany you," I answered, "butlet not the queen be displeased if I refusethe jewels and robes of state. The gifts ofSatanas would ill become the daughter ofAllimades." Then I wept, and continued--"O my mother, the change is naught but evil !You will never retrace your steps.""You are excited, and speak wildly," saidSamoula. "I will leave you to calm yourselfbefore the night comes on."My appearance must have justified herwords, for I felt the strange tremor andflush, the supernatural power of speech andsight, which since the night of Allimades’death has often inspired me. Samoula retired,and presently came maids and eunuchsbearing the gifts of Satanas, and also a jewel-