The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Bucky O'Connor by William MacLeod Raine: a score of border ruffians who owed him a grudge and would be
glad to pay it in the silent desert that tells no tales and
betrays no secrets to the inquisitive.
He flung the bridle-rein over his pony's neck and crept forward
on foot, warily and noiselessly. While still some little way from
the water-hole he was arrested by a sound that startled him. He
could make out a raucous voice in anger and a pianissimo
accompaniment of womanish sobs.
"You're mine to do with as I like. I'm your uncle. I've raised
you from a kid, and, by the great mogul! you can't sneak off with
the first good-for nothing scoundrel that makes eyes at you.
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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 Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence: about them. It's because you've spent your time working an' caring for
money. You can't talk nor move nor live, you can't properly be with a
woman. You're not alive. Look at yourselves!'
There fell a complete silence. Connie was half listening, and threading
in the hair at the root of his belly a few forget-me-nots that she had
gathered on the way to the hut. Outside, the world had gone still, and
a little icy.
'You've got four kinds of hair,' she said to him. 'On your chest it's
nearly black, and your hair isn't dark on your head: but your moustache
is hard and dark red, and your hair here, your love-hair, is like a
little brush of bright red-gold mistletoe. It's the loveliest of all!'
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