| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Talisman by Walter Scott: --my father!"
This muttered invocation did not escape the blunt but kindly-
natured Englishman, and he brushed the back of his large hand
over his rough features ere he could proceed.
"It is Richard of England's further pleasure," he said at length,
"that you have speech with a holy man; and I have met on the
passage hither with a Carmelite friar, who may fit you for your
passage. He waits without, until you are in a frame of mind to
receive him."
"Let it be instantly," said the knight. "In this also Richard is
kind. I cannot be more fit to see the good father at any time
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from An International Episode by Henry James: This was the case with Lord Lambeth, to whom it occurred
after a while that the young girl with blue eyes and dark
hair was the pretty sister of whom Mrs. Westgate had spoken.
She presently turned to him with a remark which established
her identity.
"It's a great pity you couldn't have brought my brother-in-law with you.
It's a great shame he should be in New York in these days."
"Oh, yes; it's so very hot," said Lord Lambeth.
"It must be dreadful," said the young girl.
"I daresay he is very busy," Lord Lambeth observed.
"The gentlemen in America work too much," the young girl went on.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde: ALGERNON.] Both these gentlemen have expressed a desire for
immediate baptism.
LADY BRACKNELL. At their age? The idea is grotesque and
irreligious! Algernon, I forbid you to be baptized. I will not
hear of such excesses. Lord Bracknell would be highly displeased
if he learned that that was the way in which you wasted your time
and money.
CHASUBLE. Am I to understand then that there are to he no
christenings at all this afternoon?
JACK. I don't think that, as things are now, it would be of much
practical value to either of us, Dr. Chasuble.
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