| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair: closely that he could make sure that Ona did not pass him.
Seven o'clock came, the hour when the great packing machine began
to move. Jurgis ought to have been at his place in the fertilizer
mill; but instead he was waiting, in an agony of fear, for Ona.
It was fifteen minutes after the hour when he saw a form emerge from
the snow mist, and sprang toward it with a cry. It was she, running
swiftly; as she saw him, she staggered forward, and half fell into
his outstretched arms.
"What has been the matter?" he cried, anxiously. "Where have you been?"
It was several scconds before she could get breath to answer him.
"I couldn't get home," she exclaimed. "The snow--the cars had stopped."
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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 Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: was he to tell her that he loved only Bertrade de
Montfort?
"You need tell me nothing," interrupted Joan de
Tany. "I have guessed what you would tell me, Nor-
man of Torn. 'The spell of moonlight and adventure is
no longer upon us'--those are your own words, and
still I am glad to call you friend."
The little emphasis she put upon the last word be-
spoke the finality of her decision that the Outlaw of
Torn could be no more than friend to her.
"It is best," he replied, relieved that, as he thought,
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