| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from When a Man Marries by Mary Roberts Rinehart: happened. I flew back to the basement stairs, to meet Mr.
Harbison at the foot. He was grimy and dusty, with streaks of
coal dust over his face, and he had been examining his revolver.
I was just in time to see him slip it into his pocket.
"What is the matter?" I demanded. "Is any one hurt?
"No one," he said coolly. "We've been cleaning out the furnace."
"With a revolver! How interesting--and unusual!" I said dryly,
and slipped past him as he barred the way. He was not pleased; I
heard him mutter something and come rapidly after me, but I had
the voices as a guide, and I was not going to be turned back like
a child. The men had gathered around a low stone arch in 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 A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: Spadevil struck off toward the north unhesitatingly.
"It is not so far," he said. "It is his custom to be in that part
where Sant overhangs the Wombflash Forest. Perhaps he will be there,
but I cannot say."
Maskull glanced toward Tydomin. Her sunken cheeks, and the dark
circles beneath her eyes told of her extreme weariness.
"The woman is tired, Spadevil," he said.
She smiled, "It's but another step into the land of death. I can
manage it. Give me your arm, Maskull."
He put his arm around her waist, and supported her along that way.
"The sun is now sinking,,, said Maskull. "Will we get there before
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