| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle: had gone by, and that his nostrils would soon snuff the spicy
air of the woodlands once again. But there is many a slip
betwixt the cup and the lip, and this Robin was to find.
For thus it was:
When the King's men found themselves foiled at Saint Albans,
and that Robin and his men were not to be found high nor low,
they knew not what to do. Presently another band of horsemen came,
and another, until all the moonlit streets were full of armed men.
Betwixt midnight and dawn another band came to the town,
and with them came the Bishop of Hereford. When he heard
that Robin Hood had once more slipped out of the trap, he stayed
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: of what passed between them, good Foster?"
"I tell you plain, Master Varney," said Foster, "my daughter
shall not enter our purposes or walk in our paths. They may suit
me well enough, who know how to repent of my misdoings; but I
will not have my child's soul committed to peril either for your
pleasure or my lord's. I may walk among snares and pitfalls
myself, because I have discretion, but I will not trust the poor
lamb among them."
"Why, thou suspicious fool, I were as averse as thou art that thy
baby-faced girl should enter into my plans, or walk to hell at
her father's elbow. But indirectly thou mightst gain some
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