| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart: Even for Nina that sounded odd. He took his coat and went out
again to the car; after a moment's hesitation he went back and
got the orchids.
Dick Livingstone's machine was at the curb before the Wheeler house,
and in the living-room he found Walter Wheeler, pacing the floor.
Mr. Wheeler glanced at him and looked away.
"Anybody sick?" Leslie asked, his feeling of apprehension growing.
"Nina is having hysterics upstairs," Mr. Wheeler said, and continued
his pacing.
"Nina! Hysterics?"
"That's what I said," replied Mr. Wheeler, suddenly savage.
 The Breaking Point |
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 Off on a Comet by Jules Verne: CHAPTER I
A CHALLENGE
Nothing, sir, can induce me to surrender my claim."
"I am sorry, count, but in such a matter your views cannot modify mine."
"But allow me to point out that my seniority unquestionably gives
me a prior right."
"Mere seniority, I assert, in an affair of this kind, cannot possibly
entitle you to any prior claim whatever."
"Then, captain, no alternative is left but for me to compel you
to yield at the sword's point."
"As you please, count; but neither sword nor pistol can force
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