| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Philosophy 4 by Owen Wister: friend; "and get John to tell you the road."
To see their haste, as the two fled in opposite directions upon their
errands, you would have supposed them under some crying call of
obligation, or else to be escaping from justice.
Twenty minutes later they were seated behind the black gelding and bound
on their journey in search of the bird-in-Hand. Their notes in
Philosophy 4 were stowed under the buggy-seat.
"Did Oscar see you?" Bertie inquired.
"Not he," cried Billy, joyously.
"Oscar will wonder," said Bertie; and he gave the black gelding a
triumphant touch with the whip.
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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 Tono Bungay by H. G. Wells: from there. Fancy a brig in the channel at this time of year, if
it blows southwest!"
"I dessay you'd have shoved it, George. Still you know,
George.... I believe in him."
"Yes," I said. "Yes, I believe in him, too. In a way. Still--"
We took up a telegram that was lying on his desk and opened it.
His face became a livid yellow. He put the flimsy paper down
with a slow, reluctant movement and took off his glasses.
"George," he said, "the luck's against us."
"What?"
He grimaced with his mouth--in the queerest way at the telegram.
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