| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Lemorne Versus Huell by Elizabeth Drew Stoddard: "You know it is."
"I did not know but that you had found something besides to
litigate."
"It must have been Edward Uxbridge that you saw. He is the brain
of the firm."
"You expect Mr. Van Horn?"
"Oh, he must come; I can not be writing letters."
We had been in Newport two weeks when Mr. Van Horn, Aunt Eliza's
lawyer, came. He said that he would see Mr. Edward Uxbridge.
Between them they might delay a term, which he thought would be
best. "Would Miss Huell ever be ready for a compromise?" he
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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 Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart: its senior member goes up for life, or - " he twisted his
handkerchief into a noose, and went through an elaborate pantomime.
"Although jail isn't so bad, anyhow," he finished, "there are
fellows that get the habit and keep going back and going back."
He looked at his watch, and I fancied his cheerfulness was strained.
Hotchkiss was nervously fumbling my book.
"Did you ever read The Purloined Letter, Mr Blakeley?" he inquired.
"Probably, years ago," I said. "Poe, isn't it?"
He was choked at my indifference. "It is a masterpiece," he said,
with enthusiasm. "I re-read it to-day."
"And what happened?"
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