| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Arrow of Gold by Joseph Conrad: "I assure you there isn't anything incorrect in your coming," he
insisted, with the greatest civility. "You will be introduced by
two good friends, Mills and myself. Surely you are not afraid of a
very charming woman. . . ."
I was not afraid, but my head swam a little and I only looked at
him mutely.
"Lunch precisely at midday. Mills will bring you along. I am
sorry you two are going. I shall throw myself on the bed for an
hour or two, but I am sure I won't sleep."
He accompanied us along the passage into the black-and-white hall,
where the low gas flame glimmered forlornly. When he opened the
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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 Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant by Guy De Maupassant: formerly? What have I done to displease you? You are causing me
much pain!'
"She responded, in an angry tone, in a manner altogether sui
generis:
" 'I am always with you the same as formerly. It is not true, not
true,' and she ran upstairs and shut herself up in her room.
"At times she would look upon me with strange eyes. Since that
time I have often said to myself that those condemned to death
must look thus when informed that their last day has come. In her
eye there lurked a species of folly, a folly at once mysterious
and violent--even more, a fever, an exasperated desire,
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