| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Pupil by Henry James: inasmuch as Mr. Granger hadn't come to the opera after all. He had
only placed his box at their service, with a bouquet for each of
the party; there was even one apiece, embittering the thought of
his profusion, for Mr. Moreen and Ulick. "They're all like that,"
was Morgan's comment; "at the very last, just when we think we've
landed them they're back in the deep sea!"
Morgan's comments in these days were more and more free; they even
included a large recognition of the extraordinary tenderness with
which he had been treated while Pemberton was away. Oh yes, they
couldn't do enough to be nice to him, to show him they had him on
their mind and make up for his loss. That was just what made the
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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 Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo: reached home. She stared at Alfred undecided what to do, the
money still lay in her outstretched hand.
"I'm afraid Pa'll niver loike it, sir," she said.
"Like it?" exclaimed Alfred in high feather, and he himself
closed her red little fingers over the bill, "he's GOT to like
it. He'll GROW to like it. Now you run along," he concluded to
Maggie, as he urged her toward the door, "and tell him what I
say."
"Yes, sir," murmured Maggie, far from sharing Alfred's
enthusiasm.
Feeling no desire to renew his acquaintance with Maggie,
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