| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Light of Western Stars by Zane Grey: policy for us to beat him. Now, if you'll elect who's to be
caddies an' umpire I'll be powerful obliged."
Madeline's friends were hugely amused over the prospective match;
but, except for Dorothy and Castleton, they disclaimed any
ambition for active participation. Accordingly, Madeline
appointed Castleton to judge the play, Dorothy to act as caddie
for Ed Linton, and she herself to be caddie for Ambrose. While
Stillwell beamingly announced this momentous news to his team and
supporters Monty and Link were striding up.
Both were diminutive in size, bow-legged, lame in one foot, and
altogether unprepossessing. Link was young, and Monty's years,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac: is a real stranger, whose life remains mysterious long enough for the
town to busy itself curiously about his words and deeds.
Now the probable accession to power of Simon Giguet was not the only
serious event that was happening in Arcis. For the last two days the
attention of the little town had been focussed on a personage just
arrived, who proved to be the first Unknown of the present generation.
The /stranger/ was at this moment the subject of conversation in every
household in the place. He was the beam fallen from heaven into the
city of the frogs.
The situation of Arcis-sur-Aube explains the effect which the arrival
of a stranger was certain to produce. About eighteen miles from
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Summer by Edith Wharton: his company. The Targatt girl's presence, and the
risk of being interrupted by some passer-by suddenly
smitten with a thirst for letters, restricted their
intercourse to the exchange of commonplaces; but there
was a fascination to Charity in the contrast between
these public civilities and their secret intimacy.
The day after their drive to the brown house was
"library day," and she sat at her desk working at the
revised catalogue, while the Targatt girl, one eye on
the window, chanted out the titles of a pile of books.
Charity's thoughts were far away, in the dismal house
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