| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Lesson of the Master by Henry James: put it in. In the drawing-room after dinner you weren't reading -
you were talking to Miss Fancourt."
"It comes to the same thing, because we talked about 'Ginistrella.'
She described it to me - she lent me her copy."
"Lent it to you?"
"She travels with it."
"It's incredible," Paul blushed.
"It's glorious for you, but it also turned out very well for me.
When the ladies went off to bed she kindly offered to send the book
down to me. Her maid brought it to me in the hall and I went to my
room with it. I hadn't thought of coming here, I do that so
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson: sleeve.
"Where are you now?" asked the virtuous person. "And yet it shakes
not me!"
"The devil fly away with the Fakeer!" cried the priest. "I really
do not see the good of going on with this pilgrimage."
"Cheer up!" cried the virtuous person. "Great is the right, and
shall prevail!"
"If you are quite sure it will prevail," says the priest.
"I pledge my word for that," said the virtuous person.
So the other began to go on again with a better heart.
At last one came running, and told them all was lost: that the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Under the Andes by Rex Stout: and, looking at Harry, exchanged with him a nod of understanding.
No words were necessary.
"But I must confess I am a coward," said Desiree. "When the
time comes I--I could not bear to see--to wait--"
I looked at her and said simply: "You shall be first," and she
gave me a smile of thanks that spoke of a heart that would not fail
when the final moment arrived. And in my admiration of her high
courage I forgot the horror of the task that must be mine.
It was a relief to have admitted the worst and discussed it
calmly; there is no torment like suspense, and ours was at an end.
A load was lifted from our hearts, and a quiet sympathy created
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