| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Pupil by Henry James: and the messenger waited. Morgan, who had drawn near, waited too
and looked hard at Pemberton; and Pemberton, after a moment, having
met his look, handed him the telegram. It was really by wise looks
- they knew each other so well now - that, while the telegraph-boy,
in his waterproof cape, made a great puddle on the floor, the thing
was settled between them. Pemberton wrote the answer with a pencil
against the frescoed wall, and the messenger departed. When he had
gone the young man explained himself.
"I'll make a tremendous charge; I'll earn a lot of money in a short
time, and we'll live on it."
"Well, I hope the opulent youth will be a dismal dunce - he
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Malbone: An Oldport Romance by Thomas Wentworth Higginson: boats. He saw with surprise that her calm brow was a little
clouded, her lips compressed, and her eyes full of tears.
"Philip," she said, abruptly, "do you love me?"
"Do you doubt it?" said he, smiling, a little uneasily.
Fixing her eyes upon him, she said, more seriously: "There is a
more important question, Philip. Tell me truly, do you care
about Emilia?"
He started at the words, and looked eagerly in her face for an
explanation. Her expression only showed the most anxious
solicitude.
For one moment the wild impulse came up in his mind to put an
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| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The School For Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan: it--when a Husband entertains a groundless suspicion of his Wife and
withdraws his confidence from her--the original compact is broke and
she owes it to the Honour of her sex to endeavour to outwit him--
LADY TEAZLE. Indeed--So that if He suspects me without cause
it follows that the best way of curing his jealousy is to give him
reason for't--
SURFACE. Undoubtedly--for your Husband [should] never be deceived
in you--and in that case it becomes you to be frail in compliment
to his discernment--
LADY TEAZLE. To be sure what you say is very reasonable--and when
the consciousness of my own Innocence----
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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 Tattine by Ruth Ogden [Mrs. Charles W. Ide]: He's not to be trusted either."
Mrs. Gerald thought of two or three things that might be urged in Barney's
favor, but it did not seem kind even to attempt to reason with two such tired
and soaking little specimens, so she only said, "Well, Barney can never again
be trusted in the ford, that's one sure thing."
"No, indeed," said Mabel warmly; "I would not give fifty cents for him."
"You can have him for nothing," said Tattine, with a wan little smile; "after
this he can never be trusted in anything."
CHAPTER VI. "IT IS THEIR NATURE TO."
Tattine was getting on beautifully with her attempt to use Grandma Luty's name
at the proper time, and in the proper place, and she was getting on
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