| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: and early."
This did not suit her at all. "Is it far to the Lazy D?" she
inquired anxiously.
"Every inch of forty miles. There's a creek not more than two
hundred yards from here. We'll stay there till morning," he made
answer in a matter of course voice, leading the way to the place
he had mentioned.
She followed, protesting. Yet though it was not in accord with
her civilized sense of fitness, she knew that what he proposed
was the common sense solution. She was tired and worn out, and
she could see that his broncho had traveled far.
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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 Recruit by Honore de Balzac: chair before the table, as if to give a semblance of reality to her
hopes, and so increase the strength of her illusions.
"Ah! madame, he will come. He is not far off. I haven't a doubt he is
living, and on his way," replied Brigitte. "I put a key in the Bible,
and I held it on my fingers while Cottin read a chapter in the gospel
of Saint John; and, madame, the key never turned at all!"
"Is that a good sign?" asked the countess.
"Oh! madame, that's a well-known sign. I would wager my salvation, he
still lives. God would not so deceive us."
"Ah! if he would only come--no matter for his danger here."
"Poor Monsieur Auguste!" cried Brigitte, "he must be toiling along the
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