| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Tapestried Chamber by Walter Scott: your own choice, to select it for your accommodation. It was my
misfortune, perhaps my error, but really cannot be termed my
fault, that you have been afflicted so strangely."
"Strangely indeed!" said the General, resuming his good temper;
"and I acknowledge that I have no right to be offended with your
lordship for treating me like what I used to think myself--a man
of some firmness and courage. But I see my post horses are
arrived, and I must not detain your lordship from your
amusement."
"Nay, my old friend," said Lord Woodville, "since you cannot stay
with us another day--which, indeed, I can no longer urge--give me
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Camille by Alexandre Dumas: do not accept the position, you reject it as unworthy of you; you
are an ordinary lover. Do like the others; pay me, and say no
more about it."
Marguerite, tired out with this long confession, threw herself
back on the sofa, and to stifle a slight cough put up her
handkerchief to her lips, and from that to her eyes.
"Pardon, pardon," I murmured. "I understood it all, but I wanted
to have it from your own lips, my beloved Marguerite. Forget the
rest and remember only one thing: that we belong to one another,
that we are young, and that we love. Marguerite, do with me as
you will; I am your slave, your dog, but in the name of heaven
Camille |
| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Monster Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs: Nevertheless he did not relinquish his determination
to continue his search for her, since it was quite
possible that the gun had been fired by a native,
many of whom possessed firearms. His first concern
was for the girl's welfare, which spoke eloquently
for the chivalry of his character, and though he wished
to see her for the pleasure that it would give him,
the hope of serving her was ever the first consideration
in his mind.
He was now confident that he was following the wrong direction,
and with the intention in view of discovering the tracks
The Monster Men |
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 Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: could hear him moving to and fro, the tall man had never
quitted the privacy of his apartments. Visitors, indeed,
arrived; sometimes in the dusk, sometimes at intempestuous
hours of night or morning; men, for the most part; some
meanly attired, some decently; some loud, some cringing; and
yet all, in the eyes of Somerset, displeasing. A certain air
of fear and secrecy was common to them all; they were all
voluble, he thought, and ill at ease; even the military
gentleman proved, on a closer inspection, to be no gentleman
at all; and as for the doctor who attended the sick man, his
manners were not suggestive of a university career. The
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