Angels and Women (1924)

GREATER CHANGE 111crystal dome thickly hung with glitteringprisms, a thousand pillars of jacinth entwinedby golden wreaths upheld the immensearch; the marble walls were madeairy by delicate and graceful perforationsthrough which the cool night breeze couldpenetrate.In glancing over the gay throng, my eyesrested upon a figure standing in an openarchway, which at once startled me andriveted my attention. Tall, graceful, serious,in this white-robed figure my eyes andheart recognized the youth of the mountain,whom I doubted not was the youngest sonof the Prophet. 0 could I but have speechwith him, one of my own kindred, a man unpollutedin the midst of universal corruption,one I could safely trust! But if this werenot the young man I had seen--if Minervahad mistaken his character--if he shouldhave no interest in my welfare, or shoulddespise the daughter of the queen of Satanas IThese doubts rent my bosom, and destroyed8