| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: the day of judgment; and much good may it do you!"
At which imagination Yeo was actually heard, for the first and last
time in this history, to laugh most heartily.
His ho-ho's had scarcely died away when they saw shining under the
moon the old tower of Lydford castle.
"Cast the fellow off now," said Amyas.
"Ay, ay, sir!" and Yeo and Simon Evans stopped behind, and did not
come up for ten minutes after.
"What have you been about so long?"
"Why, sir," said Evans, "you see the man had a very fair pair of
hose on, and a bran-new kersey doublet, very warm-lined; and so,
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, etc. by Oscar Wilde: hesitated for a moment, glanced round to see if any one was near
us, and then said, "Yes; to-morrow at a quarter to five." I begged
Madame de Rastail to tell me about her; but all that I could learn
was that she was a widow with a beautiful house in Park Lane, and
as some scientific bore began a dissertation on widows, as
exemplifying the survival of the matrimonially fittest, I left and
went home.
'The next day I arrived at Park Lane punctual to the moment, but
was told by the butler that Lady Alroy had just gone out. I went
down to the club quite unhappy and very much puzzled, and after
long consideration wrote her a letter, asking if I might be allowed
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