| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: diamond necklace that was involved, and not be entirely averse to
Danglar's plan of using the Sparrow as a pawn, who, in that case,
would make a very convenient scapegoat for the Adventurer - instead
of Danglar! She dared not trust the man. She could not absolve
her conscience by staking another's life on a hazard, on the
supposition that the Adventurer might do this or that. It was not
good enough.
She was quick in her movements now. Subconsciously her decision
had been made. There was only one way - only one. She gathered up
the jewels from the bed and thrust them, with the Adventurer's torn
piece of paper, into her pocket. And now she reached for the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Symposium by Xenophon: hankering to kiss you.
[34] Lit. "the arguments proposed have gone the round."
[35] i.e. "the boy and girl." Al. "the present company, who are so
eager to bestow on you their kisses."
Oh, Socrates (he answered, deprecatingly), will you not leave it to
the arbitrament of Cleinias?
Then Socrates: Will you never tire of repeating that one name? It is
Cleinias here, there, and everywhere with you.
Crit. And if his name died on my lips, think you my mind would less
recall his memory? Know you not, I bear so clear an image of him in my
soul, that had I the sculptor's or the limner's skill, I might portray
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Contrast by Royall Tyler: he is as chatty, as pretty, as sprightly as you, half the
belles in the city will be pulling caps for him.
CHARLOTTE
My brother is the very counterpart and reverse of
me: I am gay, he is grave; I am airy, he is solid; I
am ever selecting the most pleasing objects for my
laughter, he has a tear for every pitiful one. And
thus, whilst he is plucking the briars and thorns from
the path of the unfortunate, I am strewing my own
path with roses.
LETITIA
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