The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas: happiest dispositions?"
"I only paid attention to one thing, my son, and that was,
that you were complaining."
"Who! I? Not at all," said Louis XIV.; "no, in truth, you
err, madame."
"What were you doing, then?"
"I thought I was under the ferule of my professor, and
developing a subject of amplification."
"My son," replied Anne of Austria, shaking her head, "you
are wrong not to trust my word; you are wrong not to grant
me your confidence. A day will come, and perhaps quickly,
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde: coming to you. Gertrude.' 'I trust you. I want you. I am coming
to you.'
[A look of triumph comes over her face. She is just about to steal
the letter, when PHIPPS comes in.]
PHIPPS. The candles in the drawing-room are lit, madam, as you
directed.
MRS. CHEVELEY. Thank you. [Rises hastily and slips the letter under
a large silver-cased blotting-book that is lying on the table.]
PHIPPS. I trust the shades will be to your liking, madam. They are
the most becoming we have. They are the same as his lordship uses
himself when he is dressing for dinner.
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