| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: to the ground.
"Michael!" cried Nadia.
It was Michael Strogoff. Michael had heard Nadia's
call. Guided by her voice, he had just in time reached Ivan
Ogareff's room, and entered by the open door.
"Fear nothing, Nadia," said he, placing himself between
her and Ogareff.
"Ah!" cried the girl, "take care, brother! The traitor
is armed! He can see!"
Ogareff rose, and, thinking he had an immeasurable ad-
vantage over the blind man leaped upon him. But with
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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 Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: thick fringe of bushes hiding the mouth of the creek she saw the
tall spars of some European-rigged sailing vessel overtopping the
summits of the Nipa palms. A brig was being hauled out of the
small creek into the main stream. The sun had set, and during
the short moments of twilight Nina saw the brig, aided by the
evening breeze and the flowing tide, head towards Sambir under
her set foresail. The girl turned her canoe out of the main
river into one of the many narrow channels amongst the wooded
islets, and paddled vigorously over the black and sleepy
backwaters towards Sambir. Her canoe brushed the water-palms,
skirted the short spaces of muddy bank where sedate alligators
Almayer's Folly |
