| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Ann Veronica by H. G. Wells: "HUBERT MANNING."
Ann Veronica read this letter through with grave, attentive eyes.
Her interest grew as she read, a certain distaste disappeared.
Twice she smiled, but not unkindly. Then she went back and mixed
up the sheets in a search for particular passages. Finally she
fell into reflection.
"Odd!" she said. "I suppose I shall have to write an answer.
It's so different from what one has been led to expect."
She became aware of her aunt, through the panes of the
greenhouse, advancing with an air of serene unconsciousness from
among the raspberry canes.
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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 Master Key by L. Frank Baum: them of your devices," said the boy. "As for yourself, I've no fault
to find with you, personally. You're a very decent sort of Demon, and
I've no doubt you mean well; but there's something wrong about our
present combination, I'm sure. It isn't natural."
The Demon made a gesture of despair.
"Why, oh why did not some intelligent person strike the Master Key!"
he moaned.
"That's it!" exclaimed Rob. "I believe that's the root of
the whole evil."
"What is?" inquired the Demon, stupidly.
"The fact that an intelligent person did not strike the Master Key.
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