| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: Castle to-night, it shall be by passing over my dead body."
"For shame! Mareschal," said Mr. Vere, "how can you so hastily
misinterpret our friend's intentions? I am sure Sir Frederick
can only be jesting with us; for, were he not too honourable to
dream of deserting the cause, he cannot but remember the full
proofs we have of his accession to it, and his eager activity in
advancing it. He cannot but be conscious, besides, that the
first information will be readily received by government, and
that if the question be, which can first lodge intelligence of
the affair, we can easily save a few hours on him."
"You should say you, and not we, when you talk of priorities in
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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 The Foolish Virgin by Thomas Dixon: like you knew everything in those books. And you've
been to Asheville, too?"
"Yes."
"Suppose it's not as big a burg as New York?"
"Hardly--it's just a hustling mountain town of
about twenty-five thousand people."
"Lot o' swells from around New York live down
there, they tell me."
"Yes, the Vanderbilts have a beautiful castle just
outside."
"Some mountains near Asheville?"
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