| 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 Golden Bullet by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: distant from the home of the beautiful young woman who had been
the love of his youth.
And Fellner had made his home in the quietest quarter of the city,
in that quarter which was nearest the Archducal hunting castle.
He had lived very quietly, had not cultivated the acquaintance of
the ladies of the town, but was a great walker and bicycle rider;
and every Saturday evening since he had been alone in the house,
he had sent his servant to the theatre. And it was on Saturday
evenings that Forest-Councillor Kniepp went to his Bowling Club
at the other end of the city, and did not return until the last
train at midnight.
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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 Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: upon him. Nevertheless, as it was, that letter "to my good friend W.,"
backed by Richard's and Blake's evidence of the destination intended
for it, would be more than enough to lay Mr. Wilding safely by the heels.
"I would to Heaven," he repeated in conclusion, "I could have come in
time to save you from becoming his wife. But at least it is in my power
to make you very speedily his widow."
"That," said Ruth, still retaining the letter, "is what you propose
to do?"
"What else?"
She shook her head. "It must not be, Richard," she said. "I'll not
consent to it."
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