| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad: kid.'
"'Seen him? 'Cute little customer,' said the reformed loafer in
such a tone of interest as to surprise Davidson into a kindly
glance.
"'I certainly can do it,' he declared. He thought of at first
making some stipulation as to Bamtz behaving decently to the woman,
but his exaggerated delicacy and also the conviction that such a
fellow's promises were worth nothing restrained him. Anne went a
little distance down the path with him talking anxiously.
"'It's for the kid. How could I have kept him with me if I had to
knock about in towns? Here he will never know that his mother was
Within the Tides |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Life in the Iron-Mills by Rebecca Davis: Mitchell started back, half-frightened, as, suddenly turning a
corner, the white figure of a woman faced him in the darkness,--
a woman, white, of giant proportions, crouching on the ground,
her arms flung out in some wild gesture of warning.
"Stop! Make that fire burn there!" cried Kirby, stopping short.
The flame burst out, flashing the gaunt figure into bold relief.
Mitchell drew a long breath.
"I thought it was alive," he said, going up curiously.
The others followed.
"Not marble, eh?" asked Kirby, touching it.
One of the lower overseers stopped.
Life in the Iron-Mills |
