| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Damaged Goods by Upton Sinclair: I know that you will probably be abusing me before five minutes
has passed. But that will not trouble me. I have seen many
cases. And since I have made the mistake of letting myself be
trapped into this discussion, I must explain to you the reason
for my attitude. You ask of me a certificate so that you may
prove in court that your son-in-law is afflicted with syphilis."
"Precisely," said the other.
"And have you not reflected upon this--that at the same time you
will be publicly attesting that your daughter has been exposed to
the contagion? With such an admission, an admission officially
registered in the public records, do you believe that she will
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini: quoth he.
"If you are caustic I shall not tell you even if you ask. Oh, yes,
I will. It will teach you to treat me with the respect that is my
due."
"I hope I shall never fail in that."
"Less than ever when you learn that I am very closely concerned in
the visit of M. de La Tour d'Azyr. I am the object of this visit."
And she looked at him with sparkling eyes and lips parted in
laughter.
"The rest, you would seem to imply, is obvious. But I am a dolt,
if you please; for it is not obvious to me."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: this last cruel blow would mean to me, as well as to a partial
satisfaction of her jealous hatred for the Princess of Helium.
My first thought was to look beyond the draperies at the back
of the throne, for there it was that I had seen Thurid. With a
single jerk I tore the priceless stuff from its fastenings, and
there before me was revealed a narrow doorway behind the throne.
No question entered my mind but that here lay the opening of
the avenue of escape which Thurid had followed, and had there been
it would have been dissipated by the sight of a tiny, jeweled
The Warlord of Mars |
