| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Market-Place by Harold Frederic: occurred to him as appropriate.
The nobleman was even more taken aback. He stared
momentarily at the big man's beaming mask, and then,
with nervous awkwardness, executed a series of changes
in his own facial expression and demeanour. He flushed red,
opened his lips to say "Ah!" and then twisted them into
a doubting and seemingly painful smile. He looked with
very bright-eyed intentness at Thorpe, as he advanced,
and somewhat spasmodically put out his hand.
It occurred to Thorpe not to see this hand. "How are you!"
he repeated in a more mechanical voice, and withdrew
The Market-Place |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy: but they were washed to-day. The harness was blacked, and when
the rather elderly white horse had been put in, and Winterborne
was in his seat ready to start, Mr. Melbury stepped out with a
blacking-brush, and with his own hands touched over the yellow
hoofs of the animal.
"You see, Giles," he said, as he blacked, "coming from a
fashionable school, she might feel shocked at the homeliness of
home; and 'tis these little things that catch a dainty woman's eye
if they are neglected. We, living here alone, don't notice how
the whitey-brown creeps out of the earth over us; but she, fresh
from a city--why, she'll notice everything!"
The Woodlanders |
| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs: one you do not love."
"My father owes him money."
Suddenly there came back to Tarzan the memory of the
letter he had read--and the name Robert Canler and the
hinted trouble which he had been unable to understand then.
He smiled.
"If your father had not lost the treasure you would not feel
forced to keep your promise to this man Canler?"
"I could ask him to release me."
"And if he refused?"
"I have given my promise."
Tarzan of the Apes |
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 Case of The Lamp That Went Out by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: who treated her as one of the family.
Muller knew now that the one-time nurse was in league with her
former charge; that Thorne and Adele Bernauer were in each other's
confidence; that the man sat waiting for the signal which she was
to give him, a signal bringing so much disgrace and sorrow in its
train.
If the woman had not spied upon and betrayed her mistress, this
terrible event, which now weighed upon her own soul, would not have
happened.
"A faithful servant, indeed," said Muller, with a harsh laugh.
Then maturer consideration came and forced him to acknowledge that
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