| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare: rend our own soldiers.
SECOND LORD.
That was not to be blamed in the command of the service; it was a
disaster of war that Caesar himself could not have prevented, if
he had been there to command.
BERTRAM.
Well, we cannot greatly condemn our success: some dishonour we
had in the loss of that drum; but it is not to be recovered.
PAROLLES.
It might have been recovered.
BERTRAM.
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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 Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: "Asked?" said I. "The only person I didn't ask was the traffic
superintendent himself. They said he was away on his holiday."
"They can't have understood what you said."
"I admit my articulation is defective- has been ever since a
fellow backed into my car at Brooklands, did it twenty pounds'
worth of damage, and then sent in a bill for a new tail-lamp. At
the same time- "
Here another station roared by. I was too late to see the name.
"I shall swear in a minute," said I. "I can feel it coming. I
suppose we do stop somewhere, if only to coal, don't we?"
"Well, we may stop before, but I know we stop at Friars Rory,
The Brother of Daphne |
