| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Cousin Betty by Honore de Balzac: death. You see, child, money comes in slowly in the business you have
taken up, for this is the first you have earned, and you have been
grinding at it for near on five years now. That money barely repays me
for what you have cost me since I took your promissory note; that is
all I have got by my savings. But be sure of one thing," she said,
after counting the gold, "this money will all be spent on you. There
is enough there to keep us going for a year. In a year you may now be
able to pay your debt and have a snug little sum of your own, if you
go on in the same way."
Wenceslas, finding his trick successful, expatiated on the Duc
d'Herouville.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy: 'Stephen, I love only you,' she tremulously whispered. He pressed
her fingers, and the trifling shadow passed away, to admit again
the mutual and more tangible trouble.
The study appeared to be the only room lighted up. They entered,
each with a demeanour intended to conceal the inconcealable fact
that reciprocal love was their dominant chord. Elfride perceived
a man, sitting with his back towards herself, talking to her
father. She would have retired, but Mr. Swancourt had seen her.
'Come in,' he said; 'it is only Martin Cannister, come for a copy
of the register for poor Mrs. Jethway.'
Martin Cannister, the sexton, was rather a favourite with Elfride.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: Highland army from the eastward into Argyleshire, through passes
scarcely practicable for shepherds and deer-stalkers, and over
mountains, with which even the clans lying nearest to them did
not pretend to be thoroughly acquainted. These difficulties were
greatly enhanced by the season of the year, which was now
advancing towards December, when the mountain-passes, in
themselves so difficult, might be expected to be rendered utterly
impassable by snowstorms. These objections neither satisfied nor
silenced the Chiefs, who insisted upon their ancient mode of
making war, by driving the cattle, which, according to the Gaelic
phrase, "fed upon the grass of their enemy." The council was
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