| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Chance by Joseph Conrad: black bunches of hair of the congested and devoted Franklin (he had
his cap in his hand) gazing sentimentally from the saloon doorway
with his lobster eyes. He was heard from the distance in a tone of
injured innocence reporting that the berthing master was alongside
and that he wanted to move the ship into the basin before the crew
came on board.
His captain growled "Well, let him," and waved away the ulcerated
and pathetic soul behind these prominent eyes which lingered on the
offensive woman while the mate backed out slowly. Anthony turned to
Flora.
"You could not have meant it. You are as straight as they make
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: servant. Then the latter turned and led the visitor by a
roundabout way to a little curtained alcove off the apartment
in which the countess was wont to serve tea of an afternoon.
A half hour later Tarzan was ushered into the room,
and presently his hostess entered, smiling, and with
outstretched hands.
"I am so glad that you came," she said.
"Nothing could have prevented," he replied.
For a few moments they spoke of the opera, of the topics
that were then occupying the attention of Paris, of the
pleasure of renewing their brief acquaintance which had had
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