The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: few steps when the hangings before the alcove separated and
the figure of a woman appeared in the opening.
She was young and beautifully formed; the single drapery
wound around her body from below her breasts left no detail
of her symmetrical proportions unrevealed, but her face was
the face of an imbecile. At sight of her Smith-Oldwick halted,
momentarily expecting that his presence would elicit screams
for help from her. On the contrary she came toward him
smiling, and when she was close her slender, shapely fingers
touched the sleeve of his torn blouse as a curious child might
handle a new toy, and still with the same smile she examined
 Tarzan the Untamed |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: She looked at her wrist-watch.
"Oh, all right," I said. "The Queen's the wine, the play's the
thing. Anything you like. Only I'm tired of play-acting, and I
only want to talk to Alice. Come and let me introduce Pomfret."
"He hasn't been here all the time?"
"Waiting in the road."
"Oh, he's a horse."
I laughed by way of answer, and we walked to where Pomfret stood,
patient, immobile. I introduced him elaborately. My lady swept
him a curtsey.
"I have to thank you for lending me your rug, Pomfret," she said.
 The Brother of Daphne |