| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Nana, Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille by Emile Zola: threshold of the greenroom. Rose had witnessed the scene, and she
marched straight up to the journalist, as though she had failed to
notice her husband and, standing on tiptoe, bare-armed and in baby
costume, she held her face up to him with a caressing, infantine
pout.
"Good evening, baby," said Fauchery, kissing her familiarly.
Thus he indemnified himself. Mignon, however, did not seem to have
observed this kiss, for everybody kissed his wife at the theater.
But he laughed and gave the journalist a keen little look. The
latter would assurely have to pay for Rose's bravado.
In the passage the tightly shutting door opened and closed again,
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: put another plate of hot biscuit on the table,
"are going back to St. Louis. The old man is
going to work in the cigar factory again."
At this Lou plunged in. "You see, Alex-
andra, everybody who can crawl out is going
away. There's no use of us trying to stick it
out, just to be stubborn. There's something in
knowing when to quit."
"Where do you want to go, Lou?"
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