| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Bucky O'Connor by William MacLeod Raine: She thought, but did not say, that art would go a long way before
it could show anything more pleasing than this rider of the
plains. It was not alone his face, with the likable blue eyes
that could say so many things in a minute, but the gallant ease
of his bearing. Such a springy lightness, such sinewy grace of
undulating muscle, were rare even on the frontier. She had once
heard Webb Mackenzie say of him that he could whip his weight in
wildcats, and it was easy of belief after seeing how surely he
was master of the dynamic power in him. It is the emergency that
sifts men, and she had seen him rise to several with a readiness
that showed the stuff in him.
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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 Albert Savarus by Honore de Balzac: remarks may be made--"
"Do you presume, Rosalie, to guide your parents, and think you know
more than they do of life and the proprieties?"
"I say no more, mamma. Besides, my father said that there would be a
room in the grotto, where it would be cool, and where we can take
coffee."
"Your father has had an excellent idea," said Madame de Watteville,
who forthwith went to look at the columns.
She gave her entire approbation to the Baron de Watteville's design,
while choosing for the erection of this monument a spot at the bottom
of the garden, which could not be seen from Monsieur de Soulas'
Albert Savarus |
