| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Beast in the Jungle by Henry James: to the lees; he had been the man of his time, THE man, to whom
nothing on earth was to have happened. That was the rare stroke--
that was his visitation. So he saw it, as we say, in pale horror,
while the pieces fitted and fitted. So SHE had seen it while he
didn't, and so she served at this hour to drive the truth home. It
was the truth, vivid and monstrous, that all the while he had
waited the wait was itself his portion. This the companion of his
vigil had at a given moment made out, and she had then offered him
the chance to baffle his doom. One's doom, however, was never
baffled, and on the day she told him his own had come down she had
seen him but stupidly stare at the escape she offered him.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: "The blow has knocked Grimes silly," he commented. "There is
certainly no motive for any of us to attack Grimes, nor has any
trace of a weapon been found such as must have been used against
Grimes. O'Ryan and I looked particularly for it, after removing
Grimes from the Venetian casket, where my daughter Helen, Mrs.
Brewster and I discovered him lying unconscious."
"What's this Venetian casket like?" asked Ferguson before Kent
could question McIntyre.
"It is a fine sample of carving of the Middle Ages," replied
McIntyre. "I purchased the pair when in Venice years ago. They
are over six feet in length, about three feet wide, and rest on a
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Lesson of the Master by Henry James: whom?" the General crossed his intention.
"When did you come back? I know you've been away - by my daughter.
She was very sorry. You ought to give her something new."
"I came back last night," said our young man, to whom something had
occurred which made his speech for the moment a little thick.
"Ah most kind of you to come so soon. Couldn't you turn up at
dinner?"
"At dinner?" Paul just mechanically repeated, not liking to ask
whom St. George was going to marry, but thinking only of that.
"There are several people, I believe. Certainly St. George. Or
afterwards if you like better. I believe my daughter expects - "
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