| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: "No good!"
"But, Judy- "
For the next two minutes I did a little listening. When she
paused for breath:
"Have some ham," I suggested.
"Bother the ham! Do you hear what I say?"
"I heard you bother the ham."
"Before that?"
"Something about a mask, was it?"
"Give me back my hair," she demanded.
"No, no," I said hastily, "not that! I won't ask again."
The Brother of Daphne |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Purse by Honore de Balzac: indescribable odor pervaded the room, a mingled smell of the
exhalations from the lumber room, and the vapors of the dining-
room, with those from the stairs, though the window was partly
open. The air from the street fluttered the dusty curtains, which
were carefully drawn so as to hide the window bay, where former
tenants had testified to their presence by various ornamental
additions--a sort of domestic fresco.
Adelaide hastened to open the door of the inner room, where she
announced the painter with evident pleasure. Hippolyte, who, of
yore, had seen the same signs of poverty in his mother's home,
noted them with the singular vividness of impression which
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: Carthoris of Helium was looking straight in the other's face.
"Who be these, Jav?" asked the man of him who
crawled upon his belly along the floor.
"O Tario, most glorious Jeddak," replied Jav, "these be
strangers who came with the hordes of Torquas to our gates,
saying that they were prisoners of the green men.
They tell strange tales of cities far beyond Lothar."
"Arise, Jav," commanded Tario, "and ask these two
why they show not to Tario the respect that is his due."
Jav arose and faced the strangers. At sight of their
erect positions his face went livid. He leaped toward them.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars |
