| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells: "My dear," she whispered in the darkness between the high
hedges.
They stopped short and stood quite still, trembling. He saw
her face, dim and tender, looking up to his.
Then he took her in his arms and kissed her lips as he had
desired in his dream. . . .
When they returned to the inn Belinda Seyffert offered flat
explanations of why she had not followed them, and enlarged
upon the moonlight effect of the Abbey ruins from the inn
lawn. But the scared congratulations in her eyes betrayed her
recognition that momentous things had happened between the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn: to the entrance of a palace whose front appeared to extend, west and east,
to a distance of miles. Akinosuke was then shown into a reception-room of
wonderful size and splendor. His guides conducted him to the place of
honor, and respectfully seated themselves apart; while serving-maids, in
costume of ceremony, brought refreshments. When Akinosuke had partaken of
the refreshments, the two purple-robed attendants bowed low before him, and
addressed him in the following words,-- each speaking alternately,
according to the etiquette of courts:--
"It is now our honorable duty to inform you... as to the reason of your
having been summoned hither... Our master, the King, augustly desires that
you become his son-in-law;... and it is his wish and command that you shall
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Maid Marian by Thomas Love Peacock: no doubt, but you must hunt no more in such company. I see it now:
truly I might have guessed before that the bold outlaw Robin,
the most courteous Robin, the new thief of Sherwood Forest,
was your lover, the earl that has been: I might have guessed
it before, and what led you so much to the woods; but you hunt
no more in such company. No more May games and Gamwell feasts.
My lands and castle would be the forfeit of a few more such pranks;
and I think they are as well in my hands as the king's,
quite as well."
"You know, father," said Matilda, "the condition of keeping me at home:
I get out if I can, and not on parole."
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