The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe: said, as he handed it to her.
"Good boy," said Miss Ophelia, smiling. "But must it not
be witnessed?"
"O, bother!--yes. Here," he said, opening the door into
Marie's apartment, "Marie, Cousin wants your autograph; just put
your name down here."
"What's this?" said Marie, as she ran over the paper.
"Ridiculous! I thought Cousin was too pious for such horrid things,"
she added, as she carelessly wrote her name; "but, if she has a
fancy for that article, I am sure she's welcome."
"There, now, she's yours, body and soul," said St. Clare,
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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 Pupil by Henry James: become extravagant himself. Later, when he had grown rather to
hate the others, it was a bribe to patience for him that they were
at any rate nice about Morgan, going on tiptoe if they fancied he
was showing symptoms, and even giving up somebody's "day" to
procure him a pleasure. Mixed with this too was the oddest wish to
make him independent, as if they had felt themselves not good
enough for him. They passed him over to the new members of their
circle very much as if wishing to force some charity of adoption on
so free an agent and get rid of their own charge. They were
delighted when they saw Morgan take so to his kind playfellow, and
could think of no higher praise for the young man. It was strange
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