| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: "Then Col. Zane did not tell you?" demanded Alfred. Receiving no reply he went
on.
"Did you read my letter?"
"What letter?"
"The letter old Sam should have given you last fall. Did you read it?"
"Yes," answered Betty, faintly.
"Did your brother tell you I wanted to see you this morning?"
"Yes, he told me, and it made me very angry," said Betty, raising her head.
There was a bright red spot in each cheek. "You--you seemed to think you--that
I--well--I did not like it."
"I think I understand; but you are entirely wrong. I have never thought you
Betty Zane |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Royalty Restored/London Under Charles II by J. Fitzgerald Molloy: The king's flight.--Seeks refuge in Boscobel Wood. The faithful
Pendrells.--Striving to cross the Severn.--Hiding in an oak
tree.--Sheltered by Master Lane. Sets out with Mistress Lane.--
Perilous escapes.--On the road.--The king is recognised.--
Strange adventures.--His last night in England.
CHAPTER III.
Celebration of the king's return. Those who flocked to
Whitehall.--My Lord Cleveland's gentlemen.--Sir Thomas Allen's
supper.--Touching for king's evil.--That none might lose their
labour--The man with the fungus nose.--The memory of the
regicides.--Cromwell's effigy.--Ghastly scene at Tyburn.--The
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: with a series of rapid, deft movements stood up into the room.
"I'm stiff," she complained, "I've been lying on that sofa for as long
as I can remember."
"Don't look at me," Daisy retorted, "I've been trying to get you to New
York all afternoon."
"No, thanks," said Miss Baker to the four cocktails just in from the
pantry, "I'm absolutely in training."
Her host looked at her incredulously.
"You are!" He took down his drink as if it were a drop in the bottom of
a glass. "How you ever get anything done is beyond me."
I looked at Miss Baker, wondering what it was she "got done." I enjoyed
The Great Gatsby |
