Edward Hopper Les Pont des Arts painting

Edward Hopper Les Pont des Arts paintingEdward Hopper Jo in Wyoming paintingEdward Hopper Hills South Truro painting
and sixty. Sun-god, eagle, rainbow. The colossus of Hubal. Three hundred and sixty wait for Mahound, knowing they are not to be spared. And are not: but let's not waste time there. Statues fall; stone breaks; what's to be done is done.
Mahound, after the cleansing of the House, sets up his tent or the old fairground. The people crowd around the tent, embracing the victorious faith. The Submission of Jahilia: this, too, is inevitable, and need not be lingered over.
While Jahilians bow before him, mumbling sentences, _there is no God but Al-Lah_, Mahound whispers to Khalid. Somebody has not come to kneel before him; somebody long awaited. "Salman," the Prophet wishes to know. "Has he been found?"
"Not yet. He's hiding; but it won't be long."
There is a distraction. A veiled woman kneels before him, kissing his feet. "You must stop," he enjoins. "It is only God who must be worshipped." But what foot-kissery this is! Toe by toe, joint by joint, the woman licks,