The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: comfortable house. Lady Catherine, I believe, did a great deal to
it when Mr. Collins first came to Hunsford."
"I believe she did-- and I am sure she could not have bestowed
her kindness on a more grateful object."
"Mr. Collins appears to be very fortunate in his choice of a
wife."
"Yes, indeed, his friends may well rejoice in his having met with
one of the very few sensible women who would have accepted
him, or have made him happy if they had. My friend has an
excellent understanding-- though I am not certain that I consider
her marrying Mr. Collins as the wisest thing she ever did. She
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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 The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: fight his way through a Blentz army.
But there were no armed retainers left at Blentz. The
guardroom was vacant; but there were arms there and am-
munition. Barney commandeered a sword and a revolver,
then he walked into the courtyard and crossed to the stables.
The way took him by the garden. In it he saw a coffin-like
box resting upon planks above a grave-like excavation. Bar-
ney investigated. The box was empty. Once again he grinned.
"It is not always wise," he mused, "to count your corpses
before they're dead. What a lot of work the old man might
have spared himself if he'd only caught his cadaver first--
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