| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Ferragus by Honore de Balzac: the author of these misfortunes; but the vidame, when he learned that
the visit related to an affair of honor, obeyed the precepts of his
whole life, and himself took Jules into the baron's chamber.
Monsieur Desmarets looked about him in search of his antagonist.
"Yes! that is really he," said the vidame, motioning to a man who was
sitting in an arm-chair beside the fire.
"Who is it? Jules?" said the dying man in a broken voice.
Auguste had lost the only faculty that makes us live--memory. Jules
Desmarets recoiled with horror at this sight. He could not even
recognize the elegant young man in that thing without--as Bossuet
said--a name in any language. It was, in truth, a corpse with whitened
Ferragus |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Life in the Iron-Mills by Rebecca Davis: That was all he said. The Welsh Wolfe blood was honest. The
roll was a small green pocket-book containing one or two gold
pieces, and a check for an incredible amount, as it seemed to
the poor puddler. He laid it down, hiding his face again in his
hands.
"Hugh, don't be angry wud me! It's only poor Deb,--hur knows?"
He took the long skinny fingers kindly in his.
"Angry? God help me, no! Let me sleep. I am tired."
He threw himself heavily down on the wooden bench, stunned with
pain and weariness. She brought some old rags to cover him.
It was late on Sunday evening before he awoke. I tell God's
Life in the Iron-Mills |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: and manifestly for her husband's sake, tried to seem content.
It was a brave struggle, and was, I think and believe,
not without its reward. Van Helsing had placed at hand a bell
which either of them was to sound in case of any emergency.
When they had retired, Quincey, Godalming, and I arranged
that we should sit up, dividing the night between us,
and watch over the safety of the poor stricken lady.
The first watch falls to Quincey, so the rest of us shall
be off to bed as soon as we can.
Godalming has already turned in, for his is the second watch.
Now that my work is done I, too, shall go to bed.
Dracula |
