| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Awakening & Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin: soiree musicale at the Ratignolles'. Monsieur and Madame
Ratignolle made much of the Colonel, installing him as the guest of
honor and engaging him at once to dine with them the following
Sunday, or any day which he might select. Madame coquetted with
him in the most captivating and naive manner, with eyes, gestures,
and a profusion of compliments, till the Colonel's old head felt
thirty years younger on his padded shoulders. Edna marveled, not
comprehending. She herself was almost devoid of coquetry.
There were one or two men whom she observed at the soiree
musicale; but she would never have felt moved to any kittenish
display to attract their notice--to any feline or feminine wiles to
Awakening & Selected Short Stories |
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 Research Magnificent by H. G. Wells: Yes. ad
ever not done, for everything in the world. In a moment of lucidity
he even had remorse for drinking that stout honest cup of black
coffee. . . .
And so on and so on and so on. . . .
When daylight came it found Benham still wide awake. Things crept
mournfully out of the darkness into a reproachful clearness. The
sound of birds that had been so delightful on the yesterday was now
no longer agreeable. The thrushes, he thought, repeated themselves
a great deal.
He fell asleep as it seemed only a few minutes before the landlord,
|
