| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: the entrance of the harbour without seeing anything,
then turned the light on the derelict and kept it there.
The coastguard ran aft, and when he came beside the wheel,
bent over to examine it,and recoiled at once as though under
some sudden emotion. This seemed to pique general curiosity,
and quite a number of people began to run.
It is a good way round from the West Cliff by the Draw-bridge to Tate
Hill Pier, but your correspondent is a fairly good runner, and came well ahead
of the crowd. When I arrived, however, I found already assembled on the pier
a crowd, whom the coastguard and police refused to allow to come on board.
By the courtesy of the chief boatman, I was, as your correspondent,
Dracula |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain: and yet the rain was falling in torrents all the time.
The evening's entertainment presently closed, and we
joined the innumerable caravan of half-drowned strangers,
and waded home again.
The Castle grounds are very ample and very beautiful;
and as they joined the Hotel grounds, with no fences
to climb, but only some nobly shaded stone stairways
to descend, we spent a part of nearly every day in
idling through their smooth walks and leafy groves.
There was an attractive spot among the trees where were
a great many wooden tables and benches; and there one could
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