| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: party retraced its steps, leaving the apartment empty.
Behind the panel the girl stood shrinking close to
De Conde, her hand still in his.
"Where now?" he asked. "Or do we stay hidden here
like frightened chicks until the war is over and the
Baron returns to let us out of this musty hole?"
"Wait," she answered, "until I quiet my nerves a
little. I am all unstrung." He felt her body tremble as
it pressed against his.
With the spirit of protection strong within him what
wonder that his arm fell about her shoulder as though
The Outlaw of Torn |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Nana, Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille by Emile Zola: his arms. "Ever since this morning people have been dreeing me with
Nana. I've met more than twenty people, and it's Nana here and Nana
there! What do I know? Am I acquainted with all the light ladies
in Paris? Nana is an invention of Bordenave's! It must be a fine
one!"
He calmed himself, but the emptiness of the house, the dim light of
the luster, the churchlike sense of self-absorption which the place
inspired, full as it was of whispering voices and the sound of doors
banging--all these got on his nerves.
"No, by Jove," he said all of a sudden, "one's hair turns gray here.
I--I'm going out. Perhaps we shall find Bordenave downstairs.
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