| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Pupil by Henry James: with glassy eyes for the nearest port in such a storm. They were
not prostrate but were horribly white, and Mrs. Moreen had
evidently been crying. Pemberton quickly learned however that her
grief was not for the loss of her dinner, much as she usually
enjoyed it, but the fruit of a blow that struck even deeper, as she
made all haste to explain. He would see for himself, so far as
that went, how the great change had come, the dreadful bolt had
fallen, and how they would now all have to turn themselves about.
Therefore cruel as it was to them to part with their darling she
must look to him to carry a little further the influence he had so
fortunately acquired with the boy - to induce his young charge to
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: HERODIAS. Je n'entends rien.
HERODE. Je ne l'entends plus moi-meme. Mais je l'ai entendu.
C'etait le vent sans doute. C'est passe. Mais non, je l'entends
encore. Ne l'entendez-vous pas? C'est tout e fait comme un
battement d'ailes.
HERODIAS. Je vous dis qu'il n'y a rien. Vous etes malade.
Rentrons
HERODE. Je ne suis pas malade. C'est votre fille qui est malade.
Elle a l'air tres malade, votre fille. Jamais je ne l'ai vue si
pale.
HERODIAS. Je vous ai dit de ne pas la regarder.
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