| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honore de Balzac: agent of those who levy this blackmail; nothing more."
Corentin might have talked for an hour; Lucien smoked his cigarette
with an air of perfect indifference.
"Monsieur," replied he, "I do not want to know who you are, for men
who undertake such jobs as these have no name--at any rate, in my
vocabulary. I have allowed you to talk at your leisure; I am at home.
--You seem to me not bereft of common sense; listen to my dilemma."
There was a pause, during which Lucien met Corentin's cat-like eye
fixed on him with a perfectly icy stare.
"Either you are building on facts that are absolutely false, and I
need pay no heed to them," said Lucien; "or you are in the right; and
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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 Camille by Alexandre Dumas: is waiting impatiently for the man who is with her to go,
thinking of you, keeping the whole night for you, and who loves
you, I am certain. Now, come to the window with me, and let us
watch for the count to go; he won't be long in leaving the coast
clear."
Prudence opened the window, and we leaned side by side over the
balcony. She watched the few passers, I reflected. All that she
had said buzzed in my head, and I could not help feeling that she
was right; but the genuine love which I had for Marguerite had
some difficulty in accommodating itself to such a belief. I
sighed from time to time, at which Prudence turned, and shrugged
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