Angels and Women (1924)

ALLIMADES’ STORY 27spoken, and I know that the vision is true.Heard you aught, my brother?’ And withawe I answered, ’Nay[’ He continued:’There is tumult in the North, the regionof the mighty winds. At first like the tremorof leaves in a breeze, it increases to a gale,it crashes like a tornado; the thunder bellows,the earth quakes, the sea roars, itswaters surge and swell, an awful night withblackest tempest enshrouds the world. But,above the crash and convulsion of the elementsI hear a Voice, clear and low, thoughso terrible--it is the voice of God. I knownot the words, but the same meaning alwaysis given: "The end of all flesh is come; forthe earth is filled with violence throughthem. Behold, I will destroy them witheverything upon the earth. But with theewill I establish My covenant, and will savethee and thy family. Build a boat, wide andcommodious; it shall be thy refuge when thefloods of water overwhelm the guilty world.""’I am called, my brother, and must do a