| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Montezuma's Daughter by H. Rider Haggard: followed they grew bolder and we fled faster, till at length we
flew down the defile followed by the Spanish horse. Now, some
three furlongs from its mouth that leads to the City of Pines, this
pass turns and narrows, and here the cliffs are so sheer and high
that a twilight reigns at the foot of them.
Down the narrow way we ran in seeming rout, and after us came the
Spaniards shouting on their saints and flushed with victory. But
scarcely had we turned the corner when they sang another song, for
those who were watching a thousand feet above us gave the signal,
and down from on high came a rain of stones and boulders that
darkened the air and crashed among them, crushing many of them. On
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from In a German Pension by Katherine Mansfield: Advanced Lady to come with us."
"Na, how extraordinary!" cried Elsa. "But this moment the gnadige Frau and
I were debating whether--"
"Yes, I met her coming out of her room and she said she was charmed with
the idea. Like all of us, she has never been to Schlingen. She is
downstairs now, talking to Herr Erchardt. I think we shall have a
delightful afternoon."
"Is Fritzi waiting too?" asked Elsa.
"Of course he is, dear child--as impatient as a hungry man listening for
the dinner bell. Run along!"
Elsa ran, and Frau Kellermann smiled at me significantly. In the past she
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