Angels and Women (1924)

226 ANGELS AND WOMENWe never tire of watching the sun sinkinto the waste of waters, transforming theheavens to a mass of glorious color, graduallyfading to paler shades and fainter glowuntil the last ray disappears.Japheth broke the eloquent silence (Ihave found one can be silent with those theylove) with the words: "Aloma, I havepeculiar love for the setting sun. I haveoften wondered what land it looks upon asit passes from our sight. In the West thereis some attraction which I cannot resist; myeyes turn thither and my heart follows. Doesit not seem strange to you, my beloved ?""Japheth," I answered, "I understand; thesame impulse impels me, even at thismoment !"Though the hot blood suffused my faceas I spoke, I faltered not."My husband, thou art rightly called:Extension: thy children and mine will everjourney to the West; our hearts do but precedetheir footsteps. An Illumination from