| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll: can hardly explain it; you must wait till you meet a Fairy, and then
you'll know.
And the last rule is, that the crickets should not be chirping.
I can't stop to explain that: you must take it on trust for the present.
So, if all these things happen together, you have a good chance of
seeing a Fairy--or at least a much better chance than if they didn't.
The first thing I noticed, as I went lazily along through an open place
in the wood, was a large Beetle lying struggling on its back,
and I went down upon one knee to help the poor thing to its feet again.
In some things, you know, you ca'n't be quite sure what an insect would
like: for instance, I never could quite settle, supposing I were a
Sylvie and Bruno |
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 Case of the Golden Bullet by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: out of the room through another door. He could not see the ghastly
pale face of the guest he left behind him, for it was almost hidden
in a cloud of thick smoke, but Muller turned back once more at the
threshold and caught a last grateful glance from eyes shadowed by
deep sadness, as the Councillor raised his hand in a friendly
gesture.
"Dear Muller, you take so long to get at the point of the story!
Don't you see you are torturing me?" This outburst came from the
Chief about an hour later. But the detective would not permit
himself to be interrupted in spinning out his story in his own
way, and it was nearly another hour before Bauer knew that the man
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