| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Lay Morals by Robert Louis Stevenson: had received his mortal wound.' The raised head, the
bellowing mouth, the paw clapped upon the sword, the one wing
relaxed in agony, all realise vividly these words of the
text. In the sixth and last, the trivial armed figure of the
pilgrim is seen kneeling with clasped hands on the betrodden
scene of contest and among the shivers of the darts; while
just at the margin the hinder quarters and the tail of
Apollyon are whisking off, indignant and discounted.
In one point only do these pictures seem to be unworthy of
the text, and that point is one rather of the difference of
arts than the difference of artists. Throughout his best and
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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 Death of the Lion by Henry James: Walsingham's, that the larger latitude has simply got to come. He
holds that it has got to be squarely faced. Of course his sex
makes him a less prejudiced witness. But an authoritative word
from Mr. Paraday - from the point of view of HIS sex, you know -
would go right round the globe. He takes the line that we HAVEN'T
got to face it?"
I was bewildered: it sounded somehow as if there were three sexes.
My interlocutor's pencil was poised, my private responsibility
great. I simply sat staring, none the less, and only found
presence of mind to say: "Is this Miss Forbes a gentleman?"
Mr. Morrow had a subtle smile. "It wouldn't be 'Miss' - there's a
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