| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Case of The Lamp That Went Out by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: doorknob was heard distinctly and the commissioner looked up
with almost a start to see who was coming to his room so late.
Joseph Muller stood in the open door, awaiting his chief's official
recognition.
"Oh ! it's you, Muller. So late? Come in. Anything new?" asked
the commissioner. "Have you succeeded in drawing a confession from
that stubborn tramp yet? You've been interviewing him, I take it?"
"Yes, I had a long talk with Johann Knoll to-day."
"Well, that ought to help matters along. Has he confessed? What
could you get out of him?"
"Nothing, or almost nothing more than he told us here in the station,
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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 Prince Otto by Robert Louis Stevenson: will put up with no dictation.'
Both looked dangerous; and the silence lasted for a measurable
interval of time. Then she made haste to have the first word; and
with a laugh that rang clear and honest, 'Do not be a child,' she
said. 'I wonder at you. If your assurances are true, you can have
no reason to mistrust me, nor I to play you false. The difficulty
is to get the Prince out of the palace without scandal. His valets
are devoted; his chamberlain a slave; and yet one cry might ruin
all.'
'They must be overpowered,' he said, following her to the new
ground, 'and disappear along with him.'
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