Angels and Women (1924)

ut for the stern injunctions of the prophetthat we must remain concealed; discoverywill be fatal."I am content, but your mother, now thatyou are grown and do not require her maternalcare, is often unhappy. She feelsvaguely the loss of that life in which she isfitted to shine, and where she would havebeen the admiration of all eyes. I observeher growing uneasiness with extreme anxiety.I know not what it portends. Guardyour own heart, and assist me, my dear child,to divert your mother, lest an evil thoughtshould enter her mind."THE DISCOVERYAt this moment my mother appeared comingdown the avenue. She was flushed withlabor, and as she slowly moved forward I,for the first time, realized her exceedingloveliness. She was now in the full maturityof her charms, and of perfectly developedproportions. Her large blue eyes drooped