| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Virginian by Owen Wister: "Good morning," said he.
Don't you find it lonesome?" And when she answered lightly, he
continued, meaning well: "You'll be having company again soon
now. He has finished his job. Wish he'd finished it MORE! Well,
good day."
Molly thought these words over. She could not tell why they gave
her a strange feeling. To her Vermont mind no suspicion of the
truth would come naturally. But suspicion began to come when she
returned frown her ride. For, entering the cabin of the Taylors',
she came upon several people who all dropped their talk short,
and were not skilful at resuming it. She sat there awhile,
The Virginian |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Pupil by Henry James: He had had his full wave but couldn't pay the score at his inn.
Moreover he had caught in the boy's eyes the glimpse of a far-off
appeal.
"Well, I'll do the best I can for you," said Morgan; with which he
turned away again. He passed out of one of the long windows;
Pemberton saw him go and lean on the parapet of the terrace. He
remained there while the young man took leave of his mother, who,
on Pemberton's looking as if he expected a farewell from him,
interposed with: "Leave him, leave him; he's so strange!"
Pemberton supposed her to fear something he might say. "He's a
genius - you'll love him," she added. "He's much the most
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