Angels and Women (1924)

THE STORY OF JAVAN 241of the Deluge, that they might no longerappear in human form."’My mother ceased speaking for some moments;her thoughts seemed far away. Atlength she resumed:"As on that night do I seem to hear thevoice of Japheth crying to me, ’Aloma,Aloma, my beloved 1’"Dear Japheth, I come!--not to the shelterof the perishable Tebah, but to rest withthee in peaceful sleep in the dust of the earthuntil that happy day when we shall beawakened and enjoy forever the restoredParadise 2 of God."And now I must depart. To you, OJavan, in whose arms it was foretold I shoulddie, I commit the keeping of this journal,which faithfully I have kept according to thewords of Allimades. This I entrust to yourcare for the benefit of my posterity, who arenow scattered throughout the earth. Once1 See Appendix, Note 30.21.See Appendix, Note 3