Angels and Women (1924)

CHANGE 63earth, a pall hangs over the kingdom of theDevas; the day of reckoning draws nigh, andall who are found at that dread moment inthe service of Satanas will sink to darknessand despair. I am permitted to warn you;more than that I cannot do. Be your bride?Share your power and glory ? Sooner wouldI die by lingering starvation; sooner wouldI give my body to wild beasts or devouringflames. 1 I fear naught but my eternal deathwhich would mean eternal oblivion. Ambitious?In that thou saidst truly, but myambitions rise beyond the present bounds ofsense!"I was astonished at my own earnestness,and hid my blushing face; but marvelouslysustained, I walked away from Hesperus,who, overcome by the conflict of disappointedpassions, became deadly pale and remainedmotionless. The Devas soon left us.I do not know what passed between Satanasand my mother. She was thoughtful and1 See Appendix, Note 8,5