| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Blix by Frank Norris: fierce movement of impatience, and consulted it a second time.
His "supper Mexican" remained untasted before him; Condy and Blix
heard him breathing loud through his nose. That he was profoundly
agitated, they could not doubt for a single moment. All at once a
little panic terror seemed to take possession of him. He rose,
seized his hat, jammed it over his ears, slapped a half-dollar
upon the table, and strode from the restaurant.
This is what the read-headed man had read in the despatch; this is
what Blix had written:
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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 Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy: From inside the cell came the sound of bustle and women's voices,
and the patter of bare feet on the floor.
"Now, then, hurry up, Maslova, I say!" called out the jailer, and
in a minute or two a small young woman with a very full bust came
briskly out of the door and went up to the jailer. She had on a
grey cloak over a white jacket and petticoat. On her feet she
wore linen stockings and prison shoes, and round her head was
tied a white kerchief, from under which a few locks of black hair
were brushed over the forehead with evident intent. The face of
the woman was of that whiteness peculiar to people who have lived
long in confinement, and which puts one in mind of shoots of
Resurrection |
