| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: do it."
"That," said Gerald, "is Madison Square--or perhaps you know New
York? My sister would, of course, be only too glad to finish the
work, but I fear that my mother's peculiarly ardent temperament will
now insist on her own accomplishment of the task. But perhaps you
do not understand temperaments?"
"Very little, I'm afraid," confessed Orde.
They walked on for some distance farther.
"Your father was in the Mexican War?" said Orde, to change the trend
of his own thoughts.
"He was a most distinguished officer. I believe he received the
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Royalty Restored/London Under Charles II by J. Fitzgerald Molloy: were horse-racing, tennis, and bowling. The monarch had, at vast
expense, built a house and stables at Newmarket, where he and his
court regularly repaired, to witness racing. Here likewise the
king and "ye jolly blades enjoyed dauncing, feasting, and
revelling, more resembling a luxurious and abandoned route than a
Christian court." He had likewise a tennis-court and bowling
green at Whitehall, where at noonday and towards eve, blithe
lords, and ladies in brave apparel, might be seen at play.
Bowling was a game to which the people were much devoted, every
suburban tavern having its green, where good friends and honest
neighbours challenged each other's strength and skill. And
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| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Rezanov by Gertrude Atherton: many books, and if never a novel, she knew some-
thing of poetry. Sturgis had filled the sala with
the sonorous roll of his favorite masters and it had
pleased her ear; but the language of passion had
been so many beautiful words, neither vibrating nor
lingering in her consciousness. But the rude expres-
sion of the miserable woman at her feet, whose
sobs grew more uncontrollable every moment, made
it forever impossible that she should prattle again
as she had to Santiago and Rezanov in the last day
and night; and although she felt as if straining her
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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 Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence: start th' pheasants...An' your Ladyship'd non want me tinkerin' around
an' about when she was 'ere, all the time.'
She listened with a dim kind of amazement.
'Why should I mind your being here?' she asked.
He looked at her curiously.
'T'nuisance on me!' he said briefly, but significantly. She flushed.
'Very well!' she said finally. 'I won't trouble you. But I don't think
I should have minded at all sitting and seeing you look after the
birds. I should have liked it. But since you think it interferes with
you, I won't disturb you, don't be afraid. You are Sir Clifford's
keeper, not mine.'
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