| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Case of the Golden Bullet by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: directed to one of the shops which had the best reputation in the
city. He had been in the capital altogether for about twenty-four
hours. He had the manner and appearance of a man suffering under
some terrible blow.
Muller himself was deep in thought as he entered the train to
return to his home, after a visit to the goldsmith in question.
He had a short interview with Chief of Police Bauer, who finally
gave him the golden bullet and the keys to the apartment of the
murdered man. Then the two went out together.
An hour later, the chief of police and Muller stood in the garden
of the house in which the murder had occurred. Bauer had entered
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from A Daughter of Eve by Honore de Balzac: Thereupon, the actress was borne in triumph into the dining-room where
most of the party still remained. The lawyer and du Tillet had
departed.
That evening Florine had an ovation at the theatre; the story of her
sacrifice had circulated among the audience.
"I'd rather be applauded for my talent," said her rival in the green-
room.
"A natural desire in an actress who has never been applauded at all,"
remarked Florine.
During the evening Florine's maid installed her in Raoul's apartment
in the Passage Sandrie. Raoul himself was to encamp in the house where
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