| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: not to go out of doors."
"Oh, yes, thank you, sir."
Two minutes later the car was in the garage, and Thomas and I
were making our way back past the kitchens. Outside the Cromwell
room I stopped.
"You may take Miss Mansel's dressing-case to her room and see to
her fire, then you are to go back to bed."
"It won't take a minute to serve you, sir."
"Thomas, you are to do as I say. It was very good of you to come
down. I'm much obliged. Good night."
"Good night, sir. Oh- "
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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 Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: `were even to be fed upon soft bread and turkeys, they would
not think themselves right.' At twelve noon the work of the
landing-master's crew was completed for the day; but at four
o'clock, while the rock was under water, those on the beacon
were surprised by the arrival of a boat from the tender
without any signal having been made from the beacon. It
brought the following note to the writer from the landing-
master's crew:-
`SIR JOSEPH BANKS TENDER.
`SIR, - We are informed by our masters that our allowance
is to be as before, and it is not sufficient to serve us, for
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