| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Royalty Restored/London Under Charles II by J. Fitzgerald Molloy: with ridicule, she could occasionally analyze the respective
positions held by herself and the duchess with seriousness,
Madame de Sevigne tells us, Nell would reason in this manner:
"This duchess pretends to be a person of quality: she affirms
she is related to the best families in France, and when any
person of distinction dies she puts herself in mourning. If she
be a lady of such quality, why does she demean herself to be a
courtesan? She ought to die with shame. As for me, it is my
profession. I do not pretend to anything better. The king
entertains me, and I am constant to him at present. He has a son
by me; I contend that he ought to acknowledge him--and I am well
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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 All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare: I can create the rest: virtue and she
Is her own dower; honour and wealth from me.
BERTRAM.
I cannot love her, nor will strive to do 't.
KING.
Thou wrong'st thyself, if thou shouldst strive to choose.
HELENA.
That you are well restor'd, my lord, I am glad:
Let the rest go.
KING.
My honour's at the stake; which to defeat,
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