| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: milk caked in layers within its neck; but the spirit of the giver
touched her deeply, and her face lightened for a moment with
one of those almost forgotten smiles of radiance that had
helped to make her beauty famous both in Baltimore and London.
She took the gourd in one hand, and rather than cause the
giver pain raised it to her lips, though for the life of her she
could scarce restrain the qualm of nausea that surged through
her as the malodorous thing approached her nostrils.
It was Anderssen who came to her rescue, and taking the
gourd from her, drank a portion himself, and then returned
it to the native with a gift of blue beads.
The Beasts of Tarzan |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: moi la moitie de mon royaume, et je vous la donnerai. Mais ne me
demandez pas ce que vous m'avez demande.
SALOME. Je vous demande la tete d'Iokanaan.
HERODE. Non, non, je ne veux pas.
SALOME. Vous avez jure, Herode.
HERODIAS. Oui, vous avez jure. Tout le monde vous a entendu. Vous
avez jure devant tout le monde.
HERODIAS. Taisez-vous. Ce n'est pas e vous que je parle.
HERODIAS. Ma fille a bien raison de demander la tete de cet homme.
Il a vomi des insultes contre moi. Il a dit des choses monstrueuses
contre moi. On voit qu'elle aime beaucoup sa mere. Ne cedez pas,
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