| 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: "I see it!" said Clifford. And then, in an instant, "What 's the matter with
that buggy?" His practiced ear had apparently detected an unnatural creak
in the wheels of the light vehicle which had been brought to the portico,
and he hurried away to investigate so grave an anomaly.
The Baroness walked homeward, alone, in the starlight,
asking herself a question. Was she to have gained nothing--
was she to have gained nothing?
Gertrude Wentworth had held a silent place in the little circle
gathered about the two gentlemen from Boston. She was not
interested in the visitors; she was watching Madame Munster,
as she constantly watched her. She knew that Eugenia also was
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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 Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: said, "but nevertheless I should like to be married in the
cabin where I was born, beside the graves of my mother and
my father, and surrounded by the savage jungle that always
has been my home."
"Would it be quite regular, dear?" she asked. "For if it
would I know of no other place in which I should rather be
married to my forest god than beneath the shade of his
primeval forest."
And when they spoke of it to the others they were assured
that it would be quite regular, and a most splendid
termination of a remarkable romance. So the entire party
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