| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: certitude of something evil. The light in the house had been
extinguished; the whole frontage of the street was dark;
there was nothing to explain the presence of these unguarded
trunks; and no two innocent people were ever, I believe,
detected in such questionable circumstances.
'Where have these things come from?' asked the policeman,
flashing his light full into my champion's face.
'Why, from that house, of course,' replied the young
gentleman, hastily shouldering a trunk.
The policeman whistled and turned to look at the dark
windows; he then took a step towards the door, as though 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 Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris: perplexity. It was too late to think of getting away, now that
the rudder was disabled. The "Bertha Millner" must bide where she
was.
"And a little more of this dancing," exclaimed Moran, "and we'll
have the planks springing off the stern-post."
Charlie nodded solemnly. He said nothing--his gravity had
returned. Now in the glare of the tropical day, with the "Bertha
Millner" sitting the sea as placidly as a brooding gull, he was
Talleyrand again.
"I tinkum yas," he said vaguely.
"Well, I think we had better try and fix the rudder and put back
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