Angels and Women (1924)

TEBAH AND ITS INMATES 203in the East, a heavy blast swirled down fromthe North with a force that shook our buildingand chilled us to the bone. In a few momentscame a hot wind from the oppositedirection; the air was filled with dust andat the same time an unusual dampness wasfelt.Unconsciousness of the awful certaintycould be no longer feigned. "0 Japheth," Icried, "Azelles and the Prince of the Powerof the Air rage in darkness above the valleyand the earth shudders!" We rose hastilyand all stood in silence with bowed heads andfaces covered.We then approached the broad window;one glance upward and we shrank aghastfrom the appalling sky. Around thecramped, distorted horizon a lurid haze hadsettled. Over this crawled a great mass oftawny vapor and high above was a dome ofblack clouds, like great rocks rolling in theskies.Yet no wind now stirredthe leaves; a