| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: Mrs. Brewster's bedroom.
The light from the hall shone through the transom and doorway in
sufficient volume to clearly indicate the different pieces of
furniture, and Barbara put the pitcher and glass on the bed stand
and laid the letter which Grimes had given her on the dressing
table, then went slowly into her own bedroom. She could hear voices,
which she recognized as those of her sister and Mrs. Brewster,
coming from Helen's bedroom, but absorbed in her own thoughts she
undressed in the dark and crept into bed just as Mrs. Brewster
passed down the hallway and entered her own room. The widow had
taken off her evening gown and slippers and donned a becoming
The Red Seal |
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 Unconscious Comedians by Honore de Balzac: is bought up by our prefect. That's my lawsuit! They want my
manufactory! Well, they'll get it! and they must manage the best they
can with my workmen, a hundred of 'em, who'll make them sing another
tune before they've done with them."
"Two years. Ha! that meddling prefect! he shall pay dear for this;
I'll have his life if I have to give mine on the scaffold--"
"Which state councillor presides over your section?"
"A former newspaper man,--doesn't pay ten sous in taxes,--his name is
Massol."
The two Parisians exchanged glances.
"Who is the commissioner who is making the report?"
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