| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: spoke of the imminent arrival of His Grace in the West, and gave
certain instructions for the collection of arms and the work of
preparing men for enlistment in his Cause, ending with protestations
of His Grace's friendship and esteem.
Ruth read the epistle twice before its treasonable nature was made clear
to her; before she understood the thing that was foreshadowed. Then she
raised troubled eyes to her brother's face, and in answer to the question
of her glance he made clear to her the shrewd means by which they had
become possessed of this weapon that should destroy their enemy Mr.
Wilding.
Blake and he, forewarned - he said not how - of the coming of this
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Aesop's Fables by Aesop: the Pitcher. At last, at last, he saw the water mount up near
him, and after casting in a few more pebbles he was able to quench
his thirst and save his life.
Little by little does the trick.
The Man and the Satyr
A Man had lost his way in a wood one bitter winter's night.
As he was roaming about, a Satyr came up to him, and finding that
he had lost his way, promised to give him a lodging for the night,
and guide him out of the forest in the morning. As he went along
to the Satyr's cell, the Man raised both his hands to his mouth
and kept on blowing at them. "What do you do that for?" said the
Aesop's Fables |
