| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Blix by Frank Norris: third letter after B; then R for the O, being the third letter
from O. So you'd spell 'boat,' ERDW; and Senora Estrada knows
when she gets that despatch that she must count three letters BACK
from each letter to get the right ones. Take now such a cipher
word as ULIOH. That means RIFLE. Count three letters back from
each letter of ULIOH, and it'll spell RIFLE. You can make up a
lot of despatches like that, just to have the thing look natural;
savvy?"
"Out of sight!" muttered Condy, making a note.
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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 the Cage by Henry James: gave it. "Isn't it Cooper's?"
It was as if she had bodily leaped--cleared the top of the cage and
alighted on her interlocutress. "Cooper's?"--the stare was
heightened by a blush. Yes, she had made Juno blush.
This was all the greater reason for going on. "I mean instead of
Burfield's."
Our young friend fairly pitied her; she had made her in an instant
so helpless, and yet not a bit haughty nor outraged. She was only
mystified and scared. "Oh, you know--?"
"Yes, I know!" Our young friend smiled, meeting the other's eyes,
and, having made Juno blush, proceeded to patronise her. "I'LL do
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