Angels and Women (1924)

GREATER CHANGE 127Prophet warns the scoffing crowd--almostthe very hour--hasten! hasten! He is wise,he is pure; no drop of Homa has passed hislips, confusing reason and weakening will.He can instruct us."We will go to the mountain-side; thechariot awaits my call; the name of Uronionupon its front is a passport, though all menin the kingdom of Satanas know and fearMinerva the Sorceress. Yea, to the ProphetI will go, though my power be thus brokenand my life the forfeit I"Anxious to enlighten Minerva, and also tolook once more upon the face of Allimades’brother, I gladly accepted this proposal, andwe were soon on our way through the cityto the mountain. I was delighted with thechanging scenes of the busy marts, so newand unfamiliar, the buildings of variousforms and uses, the long rows of colossalimages which bordered the highways as weentered the royal avenue where dwell thegiant sons of Satanas.9