| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from In a German Pension by Katherine Mansfield: stretched before us like an eternity. Even Karl's activity became so full
fed that he lay on the ground and removed his leather waistbelt. Elsa
suddenly leaned over to Fritz and whispered, who on hearing her to the end
and asking her if she loved him, got up and made a little speech.
"We--we wish to celebrate our betrothal by--by--asking you all to drive
back with us in the landlord's cart--if--it will hold us!"
"Oh, what a beautiful, noble idea!" said Frau Kellermann, heaving a sigh of
relief that audibly burst two hooks.
"It is my little gift," said Elsa to the Advanced Lady, who by virtue of
three portions almost wept tears of gratitude.
Squeezed into the peasant cart and driven by the landlord, who showed his
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Four Arthurian Romances by Chretien DeTroyes: those whom Lancelot had set free and delivered from prison ask
him what they are to do. And he replies: "All those who desire
may come with me, and those who wish to stay with the Queen may
do so: there is no reason why they should accompany me." Then
all those, who so desire, accompany him, more glad and joyous
than is their wont. With the Queen remain her damsels who are
light of heart, and many knights and ladies too. But there is
not one of those who stay behind, who would not have preferred to
return to his own country to staying there. But on my lord
Gawain's account, whose arrival is expected, the Queen keeps
them, saying that she will never stir until she has news of him.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad: because she had caught us up, but because we had passed her during
the night while she was already waiting for us, hove-to, most
likely, on our very track.
"Do you understand - already?" Dominic muttered in a fierce
undertone. "Already! You know we left a good eight hours before
we were expected to leave, otherwise she would have been in time to
lie in wait for us on the other side of the Cape, and" - he snapped
his teeth like a wolf close to my face - "and she would have had us
like - that."
I saw it all plainly enough now. They had eyes in their heads and
all their wits about them in that craft. We had passed them in the
The Mirror of the Sea |
