| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis: "I do," said Lady Agatha.
"Woman!" cried Miss Pringle, shaking with the stress of her moral
wrath. "Where are my plum preserves?"
And with this cryptic utterance the little lady, having come to
the end of her strength, primly fainted.
Jefferson picked her up and carried her, in a serene and stately
manner, to the cabin.
CHAPTER XVIII
THE MAN IN THE BLUE PAJAMAS
The rain had ceased almost as Miss Pringle was removed to the
cabin. The storm had passed. Low down on the edges of the world
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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 Maid Marian by Thomas Love Peacock: Still the king did not think it advisable to assail the earl
in his own strong-hold, but caused a diligent watch
to be kept over his motions, till at length his rumoured
marriage with the heiress of Arlingford seemed to point
out an easy method of laying violent hands on the offender.
Sir Ralph Montfaucon, a young man of good lineage and of an
aspiring temper, who readily seized the first opportunity
that offered of recommending himself to King Henry's favour
by manifesting his zeal in his service, undertook the charge:
and how he succeeded we have seen.
Sir Ralph's curiosity was strongly excited by the friar's description
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