| The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells: her revolver.
"Go back to the chaise," said my brother, wiping the blood
from his split lip.
She turned without a word--they were both panting--and
they went back to where the lady in white struggled to hold
back the frightened pony.
The robbers had evidently had enough of it. When my
brother looked again they were retreating.
"I'll sit here," said my brother, "if I may"; and he got upon
the empty front seat. The lady looked over her shoulder.
"Give me the reins," she said, and laid the whip along the
War of the Worlds |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Horse's Tale by Mark Twain: philosophy."
"For those others?"
"Stick to the subject, please. Did it turn out that my suspicions
were right?"
"Yes, perfectly right. Mongrel has heard them planning. They are
after BB's life, for running them out of Medicine Bow and taking
their stolen horses away from them."
"Well, they'll get him yet, for sure."
"Not if he keeps a sharp look-out."
"HE keep a sharp lookout! He never does; he despises them, and all
their kind. His life is always being threatened, and so it has
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