The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield: were smiling too. "Cheer up, we won't bite," their smile seemed to say.
How very nice workmen were! And what a beautiful morning! She mustn't
mention the morning; she must be business-like. The marquee.
"Well, what about the lily-lawn? Would that do?"
And she pointed to the lily-lawn with the hand that didn't hold the bread-
and-butter. They turned, they stared in the direction. A little fat chap
thrust out his under-lip, and the tall fellow frowned.
"I don't fancy it," said he. "Not conspicuous enough. You see, with a
thing like a marquee," and he turned to Laura in his easy way, "you want to
put it somewhere where it'll give you a bang slap in the eye, if you follow
me."
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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 Voice of the City by O. Henry: admiration of Ravenel -- the broker's clerk made an
excellent foil to the new, bright unseen visitor to the
poet's sombre apartment.
Sammy went to his old seat by the window, and
looked out over the dusty green foliage in the
garden. Then he looked at his watch, and rose
hastily.
"By grabs!" he exclaimed. "Twenty after four!
I can't stay, old man; I've got a date at 4:30."
"Why did you come, then?" asked Ravenel, with
sarcastic jocularity, "if you had an engagement at
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