The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: are all shut now."
"Any what? "she said, letting the sleeve slip back into its
place.
"Garlands, Silvia."
She smiled for an instant. Then:
"How dare you come up like this?"
"I wanted to see what Silvia was like."
She stifled a little yawn.
"You heard me say she was holy, fair and wise."
"And excelling, I know. But the second verse asks,
"Is she kind as she is fair?"
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Main Street by Sinclair Lewis: in regard to heating the garage and having the furnace flues
cleaned.
Did Carol, Kennicott inquired, wish to stop in Minneapolis
to buy new clothes?
"No! I want to get as far away as I can as soon as I can.
Let's wait till Los Angeles."
"Sure, sure! Just as you like. Cheer up! We're going
to have a large wide time, and everything 'll be different when
we come back."
VI
Dusk on a snowy December afternoon. The sleeper which
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