Angels and Women (1924)

iGREATER CHANGE 189that such articles as belonged to me shouldbe removed from the Palace to the habitationof the Prophet, to which it was possibleI might have retreated. Being convincedthat the great catastrophe was near, he hiredsome idlers who stood in the halls, and sooneverything was transferred to the Tebah.But the lost one was not there; whereuponold Aldeth went back to await my return.Alas, it was to meet her fate, for in a fewminutes the tower fell and all within perished.What caused its fall is not known.Faithful old servant and friend! She hasgone to .her rest to await the awakening fromdeath to restitution, when Paradise shall berestored to Earth, in the Judgment Day.Meantime Japheth sought me through thedarkness, directed by a peculiar aureolawhich encircled my head. The nature of thishe did not understand, but in my heart I feltthat it was the lingering glory of the visiongiven me. Trembling and weary, wereached the much-desired haven, where our