| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from An Episode Under the Terror by Honore de Balzac: perhaps come when you will understand its value."
As he spoke the stranger held out a box; it was very small and
exceedingly light. The priest took it mechanically, as it were, so
astonished was he by the man's solemn words, the tones of his voice,
and the reverence with which he held out the gift.
The two men went back together into the first room. The Sisters were
waiting for them.
"This house that you are living in belongs to Mucius Scaevola, the
plasterer on the first floor," he said. "He is well known in the
Section for his patriotism, but in reality he is an adherent of the
Bourbons. He used to be a huntsman in the service of his Highness the
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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 Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft: competent and affable man of about fifty, admirably well-read,
and deeply familiar with all the conditions of Australian travel.
He had tractors waiting at Pilbarra, and we chartered a tramp
steamer sufficiently small to get up the river to that point.
We were prepared to excavate in the most careful and scientific
fashion, sifting every particle of sand, and disturbing nothing
which might seem to be in or near its original situation.
Sailing
from Boston aboard the wheezy Lexington on March 28, 1935, we
had a leisurely trip across the Atlantic and Mediterranean, through
the Suez Canal, down the Red Sea, and across the Indian Ocean
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