| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Wife, et al by Anton Chekhov: forgive the governor their death.
In the evening, when the governor and his suite, after a
sumptuous dinner, had got into their carriages and driven away, I
went into the house to look at the remains of the feast. Glancing
into the drawing-room from the passage, I saw my uncle and my
mother. My uncle, with his hands behind his back, was walking
nervously up and down close to the wall, shrugging his shoulders.
Mother, exhausted and looking much thinner, was sitting on the
sofa and watching his movements with heavy eyes.
"Excuse me, sister, but this won't do at all," my uncle grumbled,
wrinkling up his face. "I introduced the governor to you, and you
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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 Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: girls.
After supper the guests assembled in a big sitting-room where
an open fire place with blazing mesquite sticks gave out warmth
and cheery glow. Duane took a seat by a table in the corner,
and, finding a paper, began to read. Presently when he glanced
up he saw two dark-faced men, strangers who had not appeared
before, and were peering in from a doorway. When they saw Duane
had observed them they stepped back out of sight.
It flashed over Duane that the strangers acted suspiciously. In
Texas in the seventies it was always bad policy to let
strangers go unheeded. Duane pondered a moment. Then he went
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