| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: passing by gardens and lawns and palaces, they came at last to
Scotland Yard stairs, a broad flight of marble steps that led
upward to a stone platform above, upon which opened the gate-way
of the garden beyond.
The Scotland Yard of Myles Falworth's day was one of the more
pretentious and commodious of the palaces of the Strand. It took
its name from having been from ancient times the London inn which
the tributary Kings of Scotland occupied when on their periodical
visits of homage to England. Now, during this time of Scotland's
independence, the Prince of Wales had taken up his lodging in the
old palace, and made it noisy with the mad, boisterous mirth of
Men of Iron |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Amazing Interlude by Mary Roberts Rinehart: "The peace of God!" she said slowly. "There is only one peace of God,
Harvey, and that is service. I am going back."
"Service!" he scoffed. "You are going back to him!"
"I'm afraid he is not there any more. I am going back to work. But if
he is there -"
Harvey slid the ring into his pocket. "What if he's not there," he
demanded bitterly. "If you think, after all this, that I'm going to
wait, on the chance of your coming back to me, you're mistaken. I've
been a laughing stock long enough."
In the light of her new decision Sara Lee viewed him for the first time
with the pitiless eyes of women who have lost a faith. She saw him for
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