| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Distinguished Provincial at Paris by Honore de Balzac: "Well, M. le Baron du Chatelet has been a good deal talked about,"
answered Mme. de Bargeton, moved by vanity to give her adorer the
title which she herself had called in question. "He was M. de
Montriveau's traveling companion."
"Ah!" said the Marquise d'Espard, "I never hear that name without
thinking of the Duchesse de Langeais, poor thing. She vanished like a
falling star.--That is M. de Rastignac with Mme. de Nucingen," she
continued, indicating another box; "she is the wife of a contractor, a
banker, a city man, a broker on a large scale; he forced his way into
society with his money, and they say that he is not very scrupulous as
to his methods of making it. He is at endless pains to establish his
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Europeans by Henry James: of saying anything else."
The young man glanced at her over the top of his canvas.
"What else should I say? It would certainly be a great deal
of trouble to say anything different."
"Well," said Gertrude, "you have seen people before that you have liked,
have you not?"
"Indeed I have, thank Heaven!"
"And they have been very different from us," Gertrude went on.
"That only proves," said Felix, "that there are a thousand different
ways of being good company."
"Do you think us good company?" asked Gertrude.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum: dignified manner. The three knelt an instant before the
great Sorceress and then stood upright and waited for
her to speak.
"Whoever you may be," said Glinda, "I bid you
welcome."
"My name is Audah," said one.
"My name is Aurah," said another.
"My name is Aujah," said the third.
Glinda had never heard these names before, but
looking closely at the three she asked:
"Are you witches or workers in magic?"
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