| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from A Princess of Parms by Edgar Rice Burroughs: before him until in another moment he stood upon the platform
beside me, dealing death and destruction right and left.
The bravery of the Zodangans was awe-inspiring, not one
attempted to escape, and when the fighting ceased it was
because only Tharks remained alive in the great hall, other
than Dejah Thoris and myself.
Sab Than lay dead beside his father, and the corpses of
the flower of Zodangan nobility and chivalry covered the
floor of the bloody shambles.
My first thought when the battle was over was for Kantos
Kan, and leaving Dejah Thoris in charge of Tars Tarkas I took
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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 Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll: lapsed into two duologues, the younger folk taking the lead, and the
two old men following with less eager steps.
"And when are we to see your little friends again?" said the Earl.
"They are singularly attractive children."
"I shall be delighted to bring them, when I can," I said!
"But I don't know, myself, when I am likely to see them again."
"I'm not going to question you," said the Earl: "but there's no harm in
mentioning that Muriel is simply tormented with curiosity! We know
most of the people about here, and she has been vainly trying to guess
what house they can possibly be staying at."
"Some day I may be able to enlighten her: but just at present--"
 Sylvie and Bruno |