| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: adjoining it was called) had been set apart as the lodging of the
Comte de Vermoise and the knights and gentlemen attendant upon
him.
The great North Hall had been very much altered and changed for
the accommodation of the King and his people; a beautiful gallery
of carved wood-work had been built within and across the south
end of the room for the use of the ladies who were to look down
upon the ceremonies below. Two additional windows had been cut
through the wall and glazed, and passage-ways had been opened
connecting with the royal apartments beyond. In the bedchamber a
bed of carved wood and silver had been built into the wall, and
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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 The Master Key by L. Frank Baum: "Watch sharp, and you'll see," answered Rob. Then he made a mocking
bow to the circle and continued: "I'm pleased to have met you fellows,
and proud to think you like me well enough to want to eat me; but I'm
in a bit of a hurry to-day, so I can't stop to be digested." After
which, as the crowd broke into a hum of surprise, he added: "Good-day,
black folks!" and quickly turned the indicator of his traveling
machine to the word "up."
Slowly he rose into the air, until his heels were just above the
gaping blacks; but there he stopped short. With a thrill of fear he
glanced at the indicator. It was pointed properly, and he knew at once
that something was wrong with the delicate mechanism that controlled
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