| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft: astonished to find himself at home and completely ignorant of
what had happened in dream or reality since the night of March
22. Pronounced well by his physician, he returned to his quarters
in three days; but to Professor Angell he was of no further assistance.
All traces of strange dreaming had vanished with his recovery,
and my uncle kept no record of his night-thoughts after a week
of pointless and irrelevant accounts of thoroughly usual visions.
Here the first part of the manuscript ended, but references
to certain of the scattered notes gave me much material for thought
- so much, in fact, that only the ingrained skepticism then forming
my philosophy can account for my continued distrust of the artist.
Call of Cthulhu |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Vision Splendid by William MacLeod Raine: "Or more." She did not dwell upon the subject. "Tell me about Mr.
Marchant."
He went over for her the story of the little poet's gentle death.
She listened till he made an end.
"Then it was not hard for him?"
"No. He had one of his good, eager days, then guietly fell
asleep."
"And passed to where, beyond these voices, there is rest and
peace," she quoted, ever so softly.
"Yes."
"Perhaps he knows now all about his Perfect State." Her wistful
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