| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson: in anger. But the two others proceeded on their fatal errand;
signed the convention, writing themselves king and vice-king, as
they now believed themselves to be no longer; and with childish
perfidy took part in a scene of "reconciliation" at the German
consulate.
Malietoa supposed himself betrayed by Tamasese. Consul Churchward
states with precision that the document was sold by a scribe for
thirty-six dollars. Twelve days later at least, November 22nd, the
text of the address to Great Britain came into the hands of Dr.
Stuebel. The Germans may have been wrong before; they were now in
the right to be angry. They had been publicly, solemnly, and
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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 Ivanhoe by Walter Scott: darkening, would of itself have rendered a disguise
unnecessary, unless to persons to whom the face of
an individual chanced to be particularly well known.
The Disinherited Knight, therefore, stept boldly
forth to the front of his tent, and found in attendance
the squires of the challengers, whom he
easily knew by their russet and black dresses, each
of whom led his master's charger, loaded with the
armour in which he had that day fought.
``According to the laws of chivalry,'' said the
foremost of these men, ``I, Baldwin de Oyley,
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