| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Camille by Alexandre Dumas: afterward the priest entered. I went up to him; when he knew
where he was, he seemed afraid of being badly received.
"Come in boldly, father," I said to him.
He stayed a very short time in the room, and when he came out he
said to me:
"She lived a sinner, and she will die a Christian."
A few minutes afterward he returned with a choir boy bearing a
crucifix, and a sacristan who went before them ringing the bell
to announce that God was coming to the dying one.
They went all three into the bed-room where so many strange words
have been said, but was now a sort of holy tabernacle.
Camille |
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 Desert Gold by Zane Grey: admiration. Then Dick spoke to Nell, likewise offering his hand,
which she took shyly. Her reply was a murmured, unintelligible
one; but her eyes were glad, and the tine in her cheeks threatened
to rival the hue of the rose she carried.
Everybody chatted then, except Nell, who had apparently lost her
voice. Presently Dick remembered to speak of the matter of getting
news to Thorne.
"Senor, may I write to him? Will some one take a letter?...I
shall hear from him!" she said; and her white hands emphasized
her words.
"Assuredly. I guess poor Thorne is almost crazy. I'll write to
Desert Gold |
