| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton: you? Make a clean breast of it! Nerves gone to smash? I'd like
to take you to see a chap I know--an ex-prize-fighter--who's a
wonder at pulling fellows in your state out of their hole--"
"Oh, oh--" Granice broke in. He stood up also, and the two men
eyed each other. "You don't believe me, then?"
"This yarn--how can I? There wasn't a flaw in your alibi."
"But haven't I filled it full of them now?"
Denver shook his head. "I might think so if I hadn't happened to
know that you WANTED to. There's the hitch, don't you see?"
Granice groaned. "No, I didn't. You mean my wanting to be found
guilty--?"
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: persed, and it was soon certain that they had in all haste
regained the shore. Wolves, like other beasts of prey, re-
quire darkness for their proceedings, and at that moment a
bright light illuminated the entire river.
It was the blaze of an immense fire. The whole of the
small town of Poshkavsk was burning. The Tartars were
indeed there, finishing their work. From this point, they
occupied both banks beyond Irkutsk. The fugitives had
by this time reached the dangerous part of their voyage,
and they were still twenty miles from the capital.
It was now half past eleven. The raft continued to glide
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Flame and Shadow by Sara Teasdale: Faces
Evening: New York
Snowfall
The Silent Battle
The Sanctuary
At Sea
Dust
The Long Hill
XI
Summer Storm
In the End
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