Angels and Women (1924)

198 ANGELS AND WOMENhusband enters and we spend much time inloving conversation.We have been in the Tebah for seven daysand there has been a solemn hush over everything!A tense feeling of expectancy. Thedoor is closed. This was done by an unseenhand and we know the time has arrived.!How quiet everything is l The calm beforethe 1 storm.I hear voices of men and Darvands underour window. They say that wild animalsare now wandering about and ravaging thecountry. The speakers without crouch underthe shadow of the Tebah, greatly terrified.Their words are frightful--they cursethe heated air, they curse the Devas for theircontinued absence; they curse themselves,and God.After the morning repast and a sacrificeof unusual solemnity, we sat for a long timein silent meditation. Soon the voice of theProphet broke the stillness: "The time hasa See Appendix, Note 24.