The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela: corral since there's no more eating here."
Presenting Demetrio with a black velvet-covered box
containing a small brass eagle, Luis Cervantes made a
toast which no one understood but everyone applauded
enthusiastically. Demetrio took the insignia in his hands;
and with flushed face, and eyes shining, declared with
great candor:
"What in hell am I going to do with this buzzard!"
"Compadre," Anastasio Montanez said in a tremu-
lous voice. "I ain't got much to tell you. . . ."
Whole minutes elapsed between his words; the cursed
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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 'Twixt Land & Sea by Joseph Conrad: eye obviously fixed on the "authorities." No; Freya was no fool.
He was not concerned about that. He didn't mind it in the least.
The fellow was just company for her; he amused the girl; nothing
more.
When the perspicacious old chap left off mumbling, all was still in
the house. The other two were amusing themselves very quietly, and
no doubt very heartily. What more absorbing and less noisy
amusement could they have found than to plan their future? Side by
side on the verandah they must have been looking at the brig, the
third party in that fascinating game. Without her there would have
been no future. She was the fortune and the home, and the great
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