| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Amazing Interlude by Mary Roberts Rinehart: back and see what can be done."
He was the old Henri to the last, however. He went carefully over her
steamship ticket, and inquired with equal care into the amount of money
she had.
"It will take you home?" he asked.
"Very comfortably, Henri."
"It seems very little."
Then he said, apropos of nothing: "Poor Jean!"
When he left her at last he went to the door, very erect and soldierly.
But he turned there and stood for a moment looking at her, as though
through all that was coming he must have with him, to give him strength,
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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 Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: 'That's of no consequence,' replied Morris nervously. 'I'll get
my uncle to sign another. The fact is,' he went on, with a bold
stroke, 'my uncle is so far from well at present that he was
unable to sign this cheque without assistance, and I fear that my
holding the pen for him may have made the difference in the
signature.'
Mr Judkin shot a keen glance into Morris's face; and then turned
and looked at Mr Bell.
'Well,' he said, 'it seems as if we had been victimized by a
swindler. Pray tell Mr Finsbury we shall put detectives on at
once. As for this cheque of yours, I regret that, owing to the
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