| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf: could now accept anything that came to her without being perplexed
by the form in which it appeared. What was there to frighten or
to perplex in the prospect of life? Why should this insight ever
again desert her? The world was in truth so large, so hospitable,
and after all it was so simple. "Love," St. John had said, "that seems
to explain it all." Yes, but it was not the love of man for woman,
of Terence for Rachel. Although they sat so close together, they had
ceased to be little separate bodies; they had ceased to struggle
and desire one another. There seemed to be peace between them.
It might be love, but it was not the love of man for woman.
Through her half-closed eyelids she watched Terence lying back
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Frances Waldeaux by Rebecca Davis: How happy they would have been--her boy and this
sweet, neat little girl! And already Lucy was curious
about so-called princes!
When his Highness came back to them she rose hastily and
went to her own room.
Late that night Miss Vance found her there in the dark,
sitting bolt upright in her chair, still robed in velvet
and lace. Clara regarded her sternly, feeling that it
was time to take her in hand.
"You have not forgiven George?" she said abruptly.
Mrs. Waldeaux looked up, but said nothing.
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