| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells: he came. Ever and again a distant roaring, the remote
suggestion of that conflict, reached his ears. Then his
caution and his curiosity struggled together. But his
caution prevailed, and he continued wandering away
from the fighting--so far as he could judge. He
went unmolested, unsuspected through the dark.
After a time he ceased to hear even a remote echo of
the battle, fewer and fewer people passed him, until at
last the Titanic streets became deserted. The
frontges of the buildings grew plain and harsh; he seemed
to have come to a district of vacant warehouses.
When the Sleeper Wakes |
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 A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: have explained to him, that it is utterly remote from my
character to entertain dishonourable views concerning this
unprotected female; so, on the other hand, the obscurity of her
birth prevents my thinking of her upon other terms. I will not
disguise from your lordship, what I have not disguised from
M'Aulay,--that if Annot Lyle were born a lady, she should share
my name and rank; as matters stand, it is impossible. This
explanation, I trust, will satisfy your lordship, as it has
satisfied a less reasonable person."
Montrose shrugged his shoulders. "And, like true champions in
romance," he said, "you have agreed, that you are both to worship
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