| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: now, full of hatred and a fury that lie made no attempt to conceal.
She smiled at him coldly. She quite understood! He had already
complained that evening that the White Moll for the last few weeks
had been robbing them of the fruits of their laboriously planned
schemes. And now-again! Well, she would not dispel his illusion!
He had given the White Moll that role - and it was the safest role
to play.
She stepped forward now, and with her free hand suddenly pulled the
table toward her out of their reach; and then, as she picked up the
necklace, she appeared for the first time to become aware of the
presence of the huddled form on the floor near the wall. She could
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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 Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: Then, when day came, they would be seen by the Tartars,
and massacred without mercy!
Michael returned to the spot where Nadia was waiting
for him. He approached the girl, took her hand, and put
to her the invariable question: "Nadia, are you ready?" to
which she replied as usual, "I am ready!"
For a few versts more the raft continued to drift amongst
the floating ice. Should the river narrow, it would soon
form an impassable barrier. Already they seemed to drift
slower. Every moment they encountered severe shocks or
were compelled to make detours; now, to avoid running
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