| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas: "What's the matter with your legs?"
"Oh, they will no longer bear me!"
"Ah, the ungrateful things! And yet you feed them well,
Mousqueton, apparently."
"Alas, yes! They can reproach me with nothing in that
respect," said Mousqueton, with a sigh; "I have always done
what I could for my poor body; I am not selfish." And
Mousqueton sighed afresh.
"I wonder whether Mousqueton wants to be a baron, too, as he
sighs after that fashion?" thought D'Artagnan.
"Mon Dieu, monsieur!" said Mousqueton, as if rousing himself
Ten Years Later |
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 Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: the part of those who worked on his estate, and
he urged them on to work if they were lazy; but
then he gave them good lodging, with plenty of
good food, paid their wages without any delay,
and gave them drinks on days of festival.
Walking cautiously on the melting snow--for
the time of the year was February--Peter Nikol-
aevich passed the stables, and made his way to
the cottage where his workmen were lodged.
It was still dark, the darker because of the dense
fog; but the windows of the cottage were lighted.
The Forged Coupon |
