| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Eve and David by Honore de Balzac: that?"
"What but a nature that is noble only in its own region, its own
sphere, its heaven? I will spare him the struggle; Lucien is not meant
for it. Look here! I am so near the end now that I can talk to you
about the means."
He drew several sheets of white paper from his pocket, brandished them
in triumph, and laid them on his wife's lap.
"A ream of this paper, royal size, would cost five francs at the
most," he added, while Eve handled the specimens with almost childish
surprise.
"Why, how did you make these sample bits?" she asked.
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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 Ann Veronica by H. G. Wells: of weeping.
Capes flashed to an understanding of her intention, sprang to his
feet, and opened the door for her retreat.
Part 8
"Why should I ever come back?" she said to herself, as she went
down the staircase.
She went to the post-office and drew out and sent off her money
to Ramage. And then she came out into the street, sure only of
one thing--that she could not return directly to her lodgings.
She wanted air--and the distraction of having moving and changing
things about her. The evenings were beginning to draw out, and
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