| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Bureaucracy by Honore de Balzac: he came to manhood, has married the daughter of an actress, and has
introduced her at the most iron-bound court in Europe as to
quarterings of nobility."
"You will continue to support us?"
"I am to draw up your husband's appointment-- But no cheating,
remember."
She gave him her hand to kiss, and tapped him on the cheek as she did
so. "You are mine!" she said.
Des Lupeaulx admired the expression.
[That night, at the Opera, the old coxcomb related the incident as
follows: "A woman who did not want to tell a man she would be his,--an
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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 Lamentable Tragedy of Locrine and Mucedorus by William Shakespeare: MOUSE.
I tell you the shepherd's bastard shall be well kept;
I'll look to it myself else; but I pray you, come away
to dinner.
SEGASTO.
Then you will not tell me whether you have banished
him or no?
MOUSE.
Why, I cannot say banishment, and you would give me
a thousand pounds to say so.
SEGASTO.
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