| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: matched admirably with his sharp wit; the former inducing him to
plant himself as a spy on other people's affairs, and the latter
quality leading him perpetually to interfere, after he had made
himself master of that which concerned him not. He spent the
livelong day in attempting to peer under the Countess's muffler,
and apparently what he could there discern greatly sharpened his
curiosity.
"That sister of thine, Wayland," he said, "has a fair neck to
have been born in a smithy, and a pretty taper hand to have been
used for twirling a spindle--faith, I'll believe in your
relationship when the crow's egg is hatched into a cygnet."
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Heritage of the Desert by Zane Grey: "Long, strong fingers. I felt them too. He has a sharp rough wart on
one hand, I don't know which. He wears a leather wristband."
"That's enough!" Hare bounded out upon the garden walk and raced back to
the crowded square. The uneasy circle stirred and opened for him to
enter. He stumbled over a pile of lassoes which had not been there when
he left. The stony Mormons waited; the rustlers coughed and shifted
their feet. John Caldwell turned a gray face. Hare bent over the three
dead rustlers lying with Holderness, and after a moment of anxious
scrutiny he rose to confront the line of prisoners.
"Hold out your hands."
One by one they complied. The sixth rustler in the line, a tall fellow,
The Heritage of the Desert |
