| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Camille by Alexandre Dumas: The good girl went and got me a cloak, put it over my shoulders,
and offered to wake up Mme. Arnould to see if a vehicle could be
obtained; but I would hear of nothing, convinced as I was that I
should lose, in a perhaps fruitless inquiry, more time than I
should take to cover half the road. Besides, I felt the need of
air and physical fatigue in order to cool down the over-
excitement which possessed me.
I took the key of the flat in the Rue d'Antin, and after saying
good-bye to Nanine, who came with me as far as the gate, I set
out.
At first I began to run, but the earth was muddy with rain, and I
Camille |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart: he effected the exchange."
I nodded assent. All I had retained of my own clothing was the suit
of pajamas I was wearing and my bath-robe.
"Therefore the telegram was his, not yours. I have pieces here, but
some are missing. I am not discouraged, however."
He spread out some bits of yellow paper, and we bent over them
curiously. It was something like this:
Man with p- Get-
Br-
We spelled it out slowly.
"Now," Hotchkiss announced, "I make it something like this: The 'p.-'
The Man in Lower Ten |
