Angels and Women (1924)

GREATER CHANGE 187forevermore l Thou alone art mighty, LordGod Omnipotent 1"When I awoke I was as one dead, withoutsense or motion, lying prone upon the coldearth.How long I was insensible I know not, butwith returning consciousness I heard thevoices of men in great agitation. "It surelyseems," said one, "that the old monomaniac’swords are to come true. What doth it allportend?" "Listen," exclaimed another,pausing breathless near the place where Iwas; "heard you not a sigh? What fills theair? A crash, a breath, a whisper l Let usfly[ Whither shall we go? Where is Satanas?Why comes he not to control thePower of the Air?" In terror they ran forward,stumbling in the darkness, leaving mescarcely less affrighted than themselves.At this moment of perplexity as I stoodin bewilderment, not knowing where to turn,I heard one calling my name---"Aloma,