| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Where There's A Will by Mary Roberts Rinehart: then he said coolly:
"The bus will be ready at two-thirty, gentlemen," and turning on
his heels, went into the office and closed the door.
They scattered to their rooms in every stage of rage and
excitement, and at last only Mr. Sam and I were left staring at
each other. "Damned young idiot!" he said. "I wish to heavens
you'd never suggested bringing him here, Minnie!"
And leaving me speechless with indignation, he trailed himself
and his sheet up the stairs.
CHAPTER XXII
HOME TO ROOST
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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 Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert: enormous chest, higher than a catafalque, and furnished with rings
like hanging crowns. Then appeared the legion of interpreters, with
their hair dressed like sphinxes, and with parrots tattooed on their
breasts. Friends and slaves followed, all without arms, and in such
numbers that they shouldered one another. The three long, dangerously-
loaded barges advanced amid the shouts of the onlooking army.
As soon as Gisco disembarked the soldiers ran to him. He had a sort of
tribune erected with knapsacks, and declared that he should not depart
before he had paid them all in full.
There was an outburst of applause, and it was a long time before he
was able to speak.
Salammbo |
