| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Under the Red Robe by Stanley Weyman: should say more to you, or let you stay where foul tongues would
soon malign you.'
She looked at me in a kind of wonder; then, with a growing
smile,--
'It is too late,' she said gently.
'Too late?' I exclaimed. 'How, Mademoiselle?'
'Because--do you remember, M. de Berault, what you told me of
your love-story under the guide-post by Agen? That it could have
no happy ending? For the same reason I was not ashamed to tell
mine to the Cardinal. By this time it is common property.'
I looked at her as she stood facing me. Her eyes shone under the
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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 Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane: stillness.
They perceived that they were free. The
depleted band drew a long breath of relief
and gathered itself into a bunch to complete
its trip.
In this last length of journey the men began
to show strange emotions. They hurried with
nervous fear. Some who had been dark and un-
faltering in the grimmest moments now could not
conceal an anxiety that made them frantic. It
was perhaps that they dreaded to be killed in
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