| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart: name was Sullivan, Harry Pinckney Sullivan."
"I know. Go on."
"Mother had a nurse, and I was alone a great deal, and they were
very kind to me. I - I saw a lot of them. The brother rather
attracted me, partly - partly because he did not make love to me.
He even seemed to avoid me, and I was piqued. I had been spoiled,
I suppose. Most of the other men I knew had - had - "
"I know that, too," I said bitterly, and moved away from her a
trifle. I was brutal, but the whole story was a long torture. I
think she knew what I was suffering, for she showed no resentment.
"It was early and there were few people around - none that I cared
The Man in Lower Ten |
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 Egmont by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: Others. The book! The book!
Another. We will to the Regent with the book.
Another. Sir doctor, you shall be spokesman.
Soapboiler. Oh, the dolts!
Others. Something more out of the book!
Soapboiler. I'll knock his teeth down his throat if he says another word.
People. We'll see who dares to lay hands upon him. Tell us about our
privileges! Have we any more privileges?
Vansen. Many, very good and very wholesome ones too. Thus it stands:
The sovereign shall neither benefit the clergy, nor increase their number,
without the consent of the nobles and of the states. Mark that! Nor shall he
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