| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Light of Western Stars by Zane Grey: he's shore scared to death of me an' Monty."
"Well, we'll take Pat in his turn. The thing now is, when will
that Greaser stalk us, and what'll we do when he comes?"
"My boy, there's only one way to handle a Greaser. I shore told
you thet. He means rough toward us. He'll come smilin' up, all
soci'ble like, insinuatin' an' sweeter 'n a woman. But he's
treacherous; he's wuss than an Indian. An', Gene, we know for a
positive fact how his gang hev been operatin' between these hills
an' Agua Prieta. They're no nervy gang of outlaws like we used
to hev. But they're plumb bad. They've raided and murdered
through the San Luis Pass an' Guadalupe Canon. They've murdered
The Light of Western Stars |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Ann Veronica by H. G. Wells: her sister Alice wrote. And Mr. Manning called.
Her sister Alice seemed to have developed a religious sense away
there in Yorkshire, and made appeals that had no meaning for Ann
Veronica's mind. She exhorted Ann Veronica not to become one of
"those unsexed intellectuals, neither man nor woman."
Ann Veronica meditated over that phrase. "That's HIM," said Ann
Veronica, in sound, idiomatic English. "Poor old Alice!"
Her brother Roddy came to her and demanded tea, and asked her to
state a case. "Bit thick on the old man, isn't it?" said Roddy,
who had developed a bluff, straightforward style in the motor
shop.
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