| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft: scattered cases of uneasy but formless nocturnal impressions appear
here and there, always between March 23 and and April 2 - the
period of young Wilcox's delirium. Scientific men were little
more affected, though four cases of vague description suggest
fugitive glimpses of strange landscapes, and in one case there
is mentioned a dread of something abnormal.
It was from the
artists and poets that the pertinent answers came, and I know
that panic would have broken loose had they been able to compare
notes. As it was, lacking their original letters, I half suspected
the compiler of having asked leading questions, or of having edited
Call of Cthulhu |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy: 'You have been trifling with me till now!' he exclaimed, his face
flushing. 'You did not play your best in the first two games?'
Elfride's guilt showed in her face. Stephen became the picture of
vexation and sadness, which, relishable for a moment, caused her
the next instant to regret the mistake she had made.
'Mr. Smith, forgive me!' she said sweetly. 'I see now, though I
did not at first, that what I have done seems like contempt for
your skill. But, indeed, I did not mean it in that sense. I
could not, upon my conscience, win a victory in those first and
second games over one who fought at such a disadvantage and so
manfully.'
A Pair of Blue Eyes |
