| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Camille by Alexandre Dumas: women, and, with the vanity so common to all men, I was ready to
believe that she could not but share the attraction which drew me
to her.
Yet, I had before me plenty of instances to the contrary, and I
had often heard that the affection of Marguerite was a thing to
be had more or less dear, according to the season.
But, on the other hand, how was I to reconcile this reputation
with her constant refusal of the young count whom we had found at
her house? You may say that he was unattractive to her, and that,
as she was splendidly kept by the duke, she would be more likely
to choose a man who was attractive to her, if she were to take
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald: face." He dropped it quickly.
As if in answer to his prayers came a flash of lightning and he
looked eagerly at her who stood beside him on the soggy haystack,
ten feet above the ground. But she had covered her face and he
saw nothing but a slender figure, dark, damp, bobbed hair, and
the small white hands with the thumbs that bent back like his.
"Sit down," she suggested politely, as the dark closed in on
them. "If you'll sit opposite me in this hollow you can have half
of the raincoat, which I was using as a water-proof tent until
you so rudely interrupted me."
"I was asked," Amory said joyfully; "you asked meyou know you
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