| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: done so almost mechanically for she had no concrete recollection of
it. It was quite likely then, even more than probable, that she
had left the revolver in the pocket of her other clothes; for she
had certainly had, not only her revolver, but her flashlight and her
skeleton keys with her when she had visited old Luertz's place last
night, and later on too, when she had jumped into that automobile
in front of the Silver Sphinx, she had had her revolver, for she
had used it to force the chauffeur out of the car - and she had no
one of those articles now.
Of course! That was it! She stepped impulsively to the door, and,
opening it, made her way quickly down the stairs to the street. The
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Land of Footprints by Stewart Edward White: to my glasses. The precise meaning of the latter is a matter much
disputed between myself and Billy. An N'goma is a native dance,
consisting of drum poundings, chantings, and hoppings around.
Therefore I translate myself (most appropriately) as the Master
who Makes Merry. On the other hand, Billy, with true feminine
indirectness, insists that it means "The Master who Shouts and
Howls." I leave it to any fairminded reader.
About the middle of the morning we met a Government runner, a
proud youth, young, lithe, with many ornaments and bangles; his
red skin glistening; the long blade of his spear, bound around
with a red strip to signify his office, slanting across his
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery: carried on, and Anne would hardly have known what to do
if it had been lacking.
"I wouldn't feel comfortable without it," she thought.
"Gilbert looks awfully determined. I suppose he's making
up his mind, here and now, to win the medal. What a
splendid chin he has! I never noticed it before. I do wish
Jane and Ruby had gone in for First Class, too. I suppose I
won't feel so much like a cat in a strange garret when I get
acquainted, though. I wonder which of the girls here are
going to be my friends. It's really an interesting speculation.
Of course I promised Diana that no Queen's girl, no matter
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