Angels and Women (1924)

GREATER CHANGE 85Two of the young men were dark and stern,but the other was fair and stately as a palmtree.He pushed from his white brow thecurling locks, and surveyed the royal trainwith grave curiosity until his eyes restedupon the chariot. In a moment there cameinto his face a flush and bright consciousnesslike recognition, and as we moved forward,he seemed about to follow. We passedfrom sight, and my cheeks burned withshame, for had I not too earnestly returnedhis gaze?But why distress myself? Why care forthe stranger I may never meet again, andwho, perchance, forgot me before I reachedthe city?The sun having entirely set, the glory diedout of the scene; a chill pervaded the grayatmosphere as we passed under a grand archwayin the southern wall of the palace andentered the magnificent court. Depressed asI had suddenly become, I could but marvelat the wonderful architecture. Carvings, in-