| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: hands in chance she broke through. But she was light, and her
shoes large, and she passed over. Then she called the dogs. But
they had neither poles nor shoes, and they broke through and were
swept under by the water. I held tight to the sled from behind,
till the traces broke and the dogs went on down under the ice.
There was little meat to them, but I had counted on them for a
week's grub, and they were gone.
"The next morning I divided all the grub, which was little, into
three portions. And I told Long Jeff that he could keep up with
us, or not, as he saw fit; for we were going to travel light and
fast. But he raised his voice and cried over his sore feet 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 Finished by H. Rider Haggard: spoke the first, for I was tongue-tied; I could not open my lips.
"Dear Mr. Quatermain, dear Mr. Quatermain!" she murmured in her
sweet voice, then paused.
Now at last words came to me. "I thought you were both dead," I
said. "Tell me, are you really alive?"
She bent down and kissed my brow, while Anscombe took my hand.
"Now you know," she answered. "We are both of us alive and
well."
"Thank God!" I exclaimed. "Kaatje swore that she saw you dead
and buried."
"One sees strange things in the Black Kloof," replied Anscombe
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