Angels and Women (1924)
Angels and Women (1924) Angels and Women (1924)
CHANGE 41us of the necessity for repose, Father andCheros warped the boat into a shady cove,and made it fast for the night. We lingeredlong over supper, spread upon the deck of ourlittle vessel, and when it was finished, tiredwith the day’s journey, I lay down and fellasleep listening to the voices of my parentsas they chanted the evening orison.Before our boat was unmoored in themorning we went ashore to view the ruinsof an ancient city, once famous for its magnificenceand learning, now only a moundof ashes overgrown with a straggling forest.Seth, the founder of this city, was a greatsage, the inventor of the characters used inwriting. He caused two wonderful pillarsto be erected upon which was inscribed thehistory of the world. These previous memorialsof better days were destroyed byorder of the Devas, but not until scribes ofour family had copied some portions of thewritings.The scene grew wilder and more drear
42 ANGELS AND WOMENafter we resumed our journey; the bankswere tangled with luxuriant shrubs andvines; birds of brilliant plumage flittedamong the trees; bright lizards and spottedserpents darted in and out or lay coiledaround their trunks.When night came on, and the journey drewto a close the river became narrower and talltrees, arching over our heads, made the waysolemn and gloomy. We grew depressedand conversation died. As the red sun, likea subdued fire, sank out of sight behind thegreat forest, we approached a rock whichrose in the middle of the river."Here," said my father, "our journeyterminates. Upon this rock, which parts thestream as it issued out of the Garden, oncestood the vigilant angelic guard with swordof flame. Alas! the way of access to the Treeof Life was completely closed to a wickedworld; gi vi ng but man will yet eat of its life-leaves in the Garden of God 1 which is to be1 See Appendix, Note 7.
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CHANGE 41us of the necessity for repose, Father <strong>and</strong>Cheros warped the boat into a shady cove,<strong>and</strong> made it fast for the night. We lingeredlong over supper, spread upon the deck of ourlittle vessel, <strong>and</strong> when it was finished, tiredwith the day’s journey, I lay down <strong>and</strong> fellasleep listening to the voices of my parentsas they chanted the evening orison.Before our boat was unmoored in themorning we went ashore to view the ruinsof an ancient city, once famous for its magnificence<strong>and</strong> learning, now only a moundof ashes overgrown with a straggling forest.Seth, the founder of this city, was a greatsage, the inventor of the characters used inwriting. He caused two wonderful pillarsto be erected upon which was inscribed thehistory of the world. These previous memorialsof better days were destroyed byorder of the Devas, but not until scribes ofour family had copied some portions of thewritings.The scene grew wilder <strong>and</strong> more drear
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