| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Summer by Edith Wharton: born. Now they say there are over a hundred people up
there. They seem to be quite outside the jurisdiction
of the valleys. No school, no church--and no sheriff
ever goes up to see what they're about. But don't
people ever talk of them at North Dormer?"
"I don't know. They say they're bad."
He laughed. "Do they? We'll go and see, shall we?"
She flushed at the suggestion, and turned her face to
his. "You never heard, I suppose--I come from there.
They brought me down when I was little."
"You?" He raised himself on his elbow, looking at her
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Hero of Our Time by M.Y. Lermontov: him.
Decidedly, his misfortunes are developing a
warlike spirit within him.
CHAPTER XIV
22nd June.
AT last they have arrived. I was sitting by
the window when I heard the clattering of
their carriage. My heart throbbed. . . What does
it mean? Can it be that I am in love? . . .
I am so stupidly constituted that such a thing
might be expected of me.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: talked long, going over the affair again and again. When the Inspector went
away, he confidently assured us that everything would soon be straightened out
and the assassins run to earth. In the meantime he thought it well to detail
guards for the protection of Mr. Hale and myself, and several more to be
constantly on the vigil about the house and grounds. After the lapse of a
week, at one o'clock in the afternoon, this telegram was received:
OFFICE OF THE M. OF M. October 2I, 1899.
MR. EBEN HALE, Money Baron:
Dear Sir,--We are sorry to note how completely you have misunderstood us. You
have seen fit to surround yourself and household with armed guards, as though,
forsooth, we were common criminals, apt to break in upon you and wrest away by
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