| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from An International Episode by Henry James: "Well, how do you like London, Miss Alden?" Lord Lambeth asked,
unperturbed by this ejaculation.
"I think it's grand," said Bessie Alden.
"My sister likes it, in spite of the 'filth'!" Mrs. Westgate exclaimed.
"I hope you are going to stay a long time."
"As long as I can," said Bessie.
"And where is Mr. Westgate?" asked Lord Lambeth of this gentleman's wife.
"He's where he always is--in that tiresome New York."
"He must be tremendously clever," said the young man.
"I suppose he is," said Mrs. Westgate.
Lord Lambeth sat for nearly an hour with his American friends;
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: it been there to offer itself. For a moment she tore her gaze
from the hypnotic fascination of that awful face and breathed
a last prayer to her God. She did not ask for aid, for she felt
that she was beyond even divine succor -- she only asked that
the end might come quickly and with as little pain as possible.
No one can prophesy what a lion will do in any given
emergency. This one glared and growled at the girl for a
moment and then fell to feeding upon the dead horse. Fraulein
Kircher wondered for an instant and then attempted to
draw her leg cautiously from beneath the body of her mount;
but she could not budge it. She increased the force of her
Tarzan the Untamed |
