Angels and Women (1924)

ALLIMADES’ STORY 23with gold and gems; its pomp and pageantryexcelled everything previously known. Butwhile feasting and seraphic music filled theroyal saloons, deeds of awful violence madethe subterranean vaults to shudder. Yetglory be to the All-Powerful, for the fulfillmentof the decrees, Lamech and Alladis, myparents, were preserved, and near this city ofsupreme glory and guilt I was reared in theways of righteousness. Being devoted to theacquisition of learning, I was spoken of as’Allimades, the Sage of Balonia!’"I had one brother; his name was Noah.I know not if he still lives. He was uprightand courageous, and being gifted withextraordinary powers of oratory, he fearlesslydenounced the foul living of the EvilOnes, and called upon God for deliverance.How often have I listened with awe, whenlike a torrent his sublime words were pouredout in warning, and have trembled with fearof the Devas’ vengeance. But he seemed tobear a charmed life; his hearers were spell-