| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: think I'd better light your lantern, in case you
should need it."
He gave her the reins and climbed back into
the wagon-box, where he crouched down and
made a tent of his overcoat. After a dozen
trials he succeeded in lighting the lantern, which
he placed in front of Alexandra, half covering
it with a blanket so that the light would not
shine in her eyes. "Now, wait until I find my
box. Yes, here it is. Good-night, Alexandra.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Finished by H. Rider Haggard: enough. They have hunted us all night, yes, and before, seeking
to murder us; also they have stolen our oxen, thirty-two fine
oxen which I give to your king if he can take them back. Now
perhaps you understand why we dared the Crocodile River in its
rage."
At the name of Sekukuni the man, who it seemed was the captain of
some border guards, stiffened all over like a terrier which
perceives a rat. "What!" he exclaimed, "do these dirty Basuto
dogs dare to carry spears so near our country? Have they not yet
learned their lesson?"
Then he rushed into the water, shaking an assegai he had snatched
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Simple Soul by Gustave Flaubert: After several minutes had elapsed, she heard footsteps, the door was
half opened and a nun appeared. The good sister, with an air of
compunction, told her that "she had just passed away." And at the same
time the tolling of Saint-Leonard's increased.
Felicite reached the second floor. Already at the threshold, she
caught sight of Virginia lying on her back, with clasped hands, her
mouth open and her head thrown back, beneath a black crucifix inclined
toward her, and stiff curtains which were less white than her face.
Madame Aubain lay at the foot of the couch, clasping it with her arms
and uttering groans of agony. The Mother Superior was standing on the
right side of the bed. The three candles on the bureau made red blurs,
A Simple Soul |
