| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Pocket Diary Found in the Snow by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: face. Then he continued: "Yes, someone would have found her, and
her suicide would have been a dark mystery, unless, of course,
malicious tongues would have found ugly reasons enough why a
beautiful young lady should hide herself in a lonely cottage to
take her own life."
Muller had spoken as if to himself. Egon Langen's lips, parted in
a smile so evil that Amster clenched his fists.
"And you would not have regretted this ruining the reputation as
well as taking the life of an innocent girl?" asked the detective
low and tense.
"No, for I hated her."
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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 Riverman by Stewart Edward White: proposition, but all I get back is quotations from the prophets.
Now, we've got to get those logs out--that's what we're here for. A
fine bunch of whitewater birlers we'd look if we got hung up by an
old mossback in a plug hat. Johnny Sims, what's the answer?"
"Cut her out," grinned Johnny Sims briefly.
"Correct!" replied Orde with a chuckle. "Cut her out. But, my son,
it's against the law to interfere with another man's property."
This was so obviously humourous in intent that its only reception
consisted of more grins from everybody.
"But," went on Orde more seriously, "it's quite a job. We can't
work more than six or eight men at it at a time. We got to work as
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