| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield: talking loudly together. It stopped at the Burnells' gate.
Stanley was half-way up the path before he saw Linda. "Is that you,
darling?"
"Yes, Stanley."
He leapt across the flower-bed and seized her in his arms. She was
enfolded in that familiar, eager, strong embrace.
"Forgive me, darling, forgive me," stammered Stanley, and he put his hand
under her chin and lifted her face to him.
"Forgive you?" smiled Linda. "But whatever for?"
"Good God! You can't have forgotten," cried Stanley Burnell. "I've
thought of nothing else all day. I've had the hell of a day. I made up my
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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 Pool in the Desert by Sara Jeanette Duncan: said.
'What does that signify?'
'Why, immaturity, of course--not enough discipline.'
'He's a student. Not that it amounts to a defect, you know'--she
was as jealous already as if she possessed the things--'only a sign
to read by. I should be grateful for more signs. Why should a
student come to Simla?'
'To teach, perhaps,' I suggested. Naturally one sought only among
reasons of utility.
'It's the Kensington person who teaches. When they have worked in
the ateliers and learned as much as this they never do. They paint
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