| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: himself returning to life, to mere life with its sense of pain
and mortality, like a man awakened from a dream by a stab in the
breast. What did this silence of the Emma mean? Could she have
been already carried in the fog? But that was unthinkable. Some
sounds of resistance must have been heard. No, the boats hung off
because they knew with what desperate defence they would meet;
and perhaps Jorgenson knew very well what he was doing by holding
his fire to the very last moment and letting the craven hearts
grow cold with the fear of a murderous discharge that would have
to be faced. What was certain was that this was the time for
Belarab to open the great gate and let his men go out, display
The Rescue |
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 Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie: "You're insatiable, Tuppence. I've had quite enough adventures
for the present."
"Well, shopping is almost as good," said Tuppence dreamily.
"Think of buying old furniture, and bright carpets, and futurist
silk curtains, and a polished dining-table, and a divan with lots
of cushions "
"Hold hard," said Tommy. "What's all this for?"
"Possibly a house--but I think a flat."
"Whose flat?"
"You think I mind saying it, but I don't in the least! OURS, so
there!"
Secret Adversary |
