| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: That with his name the mothers still their babes?
I see report is fabulous and false:
I thought I should have seen some Hercules,
A second Hector, for his grim aspect,
And large proportion of his strong-knit limbs.
Alas, this is a child, a silly dwarf!
It cannot be this weak and writhled shrimp
Should strike such terror to his enemies.
TALBOT.
Madam, I have been bold to trouble you;
But since your ladyship is not at leisure,
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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: walk, arresting her companion.
"Mr. Wilding!" she exclaimed. It was Lady Horton.
"Mr. Wilding!" cried Diana, her companion.
Wilding doffed his hat and bowed, Trenchard following his example.
"We had scarce looked to see you in Bridgwater again," said the mother,
her mild, pleasant countenance reflecting the satisfaction it gave her
to behold him safe and sound.
"There have been moments," answered Wilding, "when myself I scarce
expected to return. Your ladyship's greeting shows me what I had lost
had I not done so."
"You are but newly arrived?" quoth Diana, scanning him in the gloaming.
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