| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Bunner Sisters by Edith Wharton: headache."
"Oh, well, I wouldn't then," said her sister hurriedly.
"You'd better jest set here quietly and rest."
*** A summary of Part I of "Bunner Sisters" appears on page 4
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"Yes, I'll rest," Ann Eliza assented.
At two o'clock Mr. Ramy returned, and a moment later he and
Evelina left the shop. Evelina had made herself another new bonnet
for the occasion, a bonnet, Ann Eliza thought, almost too youthful
in shape and colour. It was the first time it had ever occurred to
her to criticize Evelina's taste, and she was frightened at the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Love Songs by Sara Teasdale: I set my shadow in his sight
And I have winged it with desire,
That it may be a cloud by day,
And in the night a shaft of fire.
A Prayer
Until I lose my soul and lie
Blind to the beauty of the earth,
Deaf though shouting wind goes by,
Dumb in a storm of mirth;
Until my heart is quenched at length
And I have left the land of men,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Village Rector by Honore de Balzac: has been the highest virtue. Her love for her daughter has gone beyond
her love to God. Ah! I here discharge her solemnly from the heavy
burden of secrecy which she has borne. She shall end her days without
compelling either eyes or brow to lie. Let her motherhood stand clear
of blame; let that noble, sacred old age, crowned with virtue, shine
with its natural lustre, freed of that link which bound her indirectly
to infamy!"
Tears checked the dying woman's voice for an instant; Aline gave her
salts to inhale.
"There is no one who has not been better to me than I deserve," she
went on,--"even the devoted servant who does this last service; she
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