| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Girl with the Golden Eyes by Honore de Balzac: have a thousand secret causes which, here more than elsewhere, destroy
their physiognomy, there are to be found in the feminine world little
happy colonies, who live in Oriental fashion and can preserve their
beauty; but these women rarely show themselves on foot in the streets,
they lie hid like rare plants who only unfold their petals at certain
hours, and constitute veritable exotic exceptions. However, Paris is
essentially the country of contrasts. If true sentiments are rare
there, there also are to be found, as elsewhere, noble friendships and
unlimited devotion. On this battlefield of interests and passions,
just as in the midst of those marching societies where egoism
triumphs, where every one is obliged to defend himself, and which we
The Girl with the Golden Eyes |
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 Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: "Why didn't Mr. Turnbull tell you who he was when you had him
arrested?" he asked.
Helen shrugged her shoulders. "I cannot answer that question, for
I do not know his reason. If he had only confided in me" - her
voice shook -" he might have been alive to-day."
"How so?" Penfield shot the question at her.
"Because then he would have been spared the additional excitement
of his trip to the police station and the scene in court, which
brought on his attack of angina pectoris."
Penfield regarded her for a moment in silence.
"I have no further questions, Miss McIntyre," he said, and turned
The Red Seal |
