Angels and Women (1924)

24 ANGELS AND WOMENbound while he was addressing them, and allplots for his assassination failed. I knownow that God set a hedge about him."Our parents died early and we, with ourfew servants, were left in the world sole worshipersof the true God. To dispel his grief,my brother journeyed to a distant countryin the North and there, high among the darkstony mountains, where bleak winds destroyall but a scanty vegetation, he found a noblefamily who had retreated thither to escapethe wickedness of the world. After manymonths’ sojourn the oldest daughter wasgiven him in marriage, and he returned toBalonia, bringing with his wife a young girlwhose parents had died in that distant land.She was a lovely child, and with advancingyears grew into the perfection of womanhood.Her name was Samoula."Noah’s heart was comforted, and I stillfound consolation in studying works of apurer age."Soon after this change in our family a