| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Wrecker by Stevenson & Osbourne: masterpiece, the scene of the saloon; and here I found myself,
on a sudden, looking in the eyes of the Kanaka.
"There's one thing I can put beyond doubt, at all events," I
cried, relinquishing my dinner and getting briskly afoot.
"There was that Kanaka I saw in the bar with Captain Trent,
the fellow the newspapers and ship's articles made out to be a
Chinaman. I mean to rout his quarters out and settle that."
"All right," said Nares. "I'll lazy off a bit longer, Mr. Dodd; I
feel pretty rocky and mean."
We had thoroughly cleared out the three after-compartments of
the ship: all the stuff from the main cabin and the mate's and
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: leaned over and took one of the hands in hers.
"You're a mighty sweet old liar," she said. "You didn't mean a
word of all this rigmarole. You've just been talking to keep my
mind off Pa, haven't you?"
"Don't fiddle with me!" said Old Miss grumpily, jerking away her
hand. "Partly for that reason, partly because what I've been
telling you is the truth and you're just too stupid to realize it."
But she smiled a little and took the sting from her words.
Scarlett's heart emptied itself of wrath about Ashley. It was nice
to know Grandma hadn't meant any of it.
"Thank you, just the same. It was nice of you to talk to me--and
Gone With the Wind |
