| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Rezanov by Gertrude Atherton: "I have seen him insult poor Markov, our ambas-
sador to France, when I can assure you that he
looked like neither a demi-god nor a gentleman.
When you have improved my Spanish I will tell you
many anecdotes of him. Meanwhile, am I to as-
sume that you reserve your admiration for the man
that carves his career in defiance of the rusty old
machinery?"
"I do! I do! My father was of the people, a
poor boy. He has risen to be the most powerful of
all Californians, although the King he adores never
Rezanov |
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 Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: say. Will's the only one who takes up for her--and, of course,
Miss Melanie, but she's a saint and won't see bad in anyone and--"
"I said I didn't want to talk about it," she said coldly but Alex
did not seem rebuffed. He looked as though he understood her
rudeness and that was annoying. She didn't want to hear bad
tidings about her own family from an outsider, didn't want him to
know of her ignorance of what had happened. Why hadn't Will sent
her the full details?
She wished Alex wouldn't look at her so hard. She felt that he
realized her condition and it embarrassed her. But what Alex was
thinking as he peered at her in the twilight was that her face had
Gone With the Wind |
