| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Europeans by Henry James: 's not of much use."
Charlotte looked at her a little, and then kissed her.
"I hope you will be better when we come back."
"My dear sister, I am very well!" said Gertrude.
Charlotte went down the large brick walk to the garden gate;
her companion strolled slowly toward the house.
At the gate Charlotte met a young man, who was coming in--a tall,
fair young man, wearing a high hat and a pair of thread gloves.
He was handsome, but rather too stout. He had a pleasant smile.
"Oh, Mr. Brand!" exclaimed the young lady.
"I came to see whether your sister was not going to church,"
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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 The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton: suppose he intends to marry Coral."
Strefford received this in silence. "Well--it was your bargain,
wasn't it?" he said at length.
"Yes; but--"
"Exactly: I always told you so. You weren't ready to have him
go yet--that's all."
She flushed to the forehead. "Oh, Streff--is it really all?"
"A question of time? If you doubt it, I'd like to see you try,
for a while, in those two rooms without a servant; and then let
me hear from you. Why, my dear, it's only a question of time in
a palace, with a steam yacht lying off the door-step, and a
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