| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft: than where we had started, I felt sure that there must be a vast
abundance beneath the surface. The ground was less level than
at our camp, and the prevailing high winds now and then piled
the sand into fantastic temporary hillocks - exposing low traces
of the elder stones while it covered other traces.
I was queerly
anxious to have the excavations extend to this territory, yet
at the same time dreaded what might be revealed. Obviously, I
was getting into a rather bad state - all the worse because I
could not account for it.
An indication of my poor nervous health
Shadow out of Time |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde: too, that she was only eighteen. It was most annoying.
LORD ILLINGWORTH. One should never trust a woman who tells one her
real age. A woman who would tell one that, would tell one
anything.
MRS. ALLONBY. She is a Puritan besides -
LORD ILLINGWORTH. Ah, that is inexcusable. I don't mind plain
women being Puritans. It is the only excuse they have for being
plain. But she is decidedly pretty. I admire her immensely.
[Looks steadfastly at MRS. ALLONBY.]
MRS. ALLONBY. What a thoroughly bad man you must be!
LORD ILLINGWORTH. What do you call a bad man?
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