| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: well-known name in Ballarat; and my friend here is Mr Ezra
Thomas, of the United States of America, a wealthy manufacturer
of india-rubber overshoes.'
'Stop one moment till I make a note of that,' said Gideon; any
one might have supposed he was an old practitioner.
'Perhaps you wouldn't mind my smoking a cigar?' asked Michael. He
had pulled himself together for the entrance; now again there
began to settle on his mind clouds of irresponsible humour and
incipient slumber; and he hoped (as so many have hoped in the
like case) that a cigar would clear him.
'Oh, certainly,' cried Gideon blandly. 'Try one of mine; I can
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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 The Chouans by Honore de Balzac: honor. I am not a Geronte of comedy, and I shall have your life or you
will have mine."
"Marquis," said the count, haughtily, "I am ready to give you all the
explanations you desire."
They passed into the next room. The witnesses of this scene, even
those least initiated into the secret, began to understand its nature,
so that when the musicians gave the signal for the dancing to begin no
one moved.
"Mademoiselle, what service have I rendered you that deserves a
return?" said Madame du Gua, biting her lips in a sort of rage.
"Did you not enlighten me as to the true character of the Marquis de
The Chouans |
