| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Simple Soul by Gustave Flaubert: chains. The flower-beds were bright with blossoms. Felicite watered
their leaves, renewed the gravel, and knelt on the ground in order to
till the earth properly. When Madame Aubain was able to visit the
cemetery she felt very much relieved and consoled.
Years passed, all alike and marked by no other events than the return
of the great church holidays: Easter, Assumption, All Saints' Day.
Household happenings constituted the only data to which in later years
they often referred. Thus, in 1825, workmen painted the vestibule; in
1827, a portion of the roof almost killed a man by falling into the
yard. In the summer of 1828, it was Madame's turn to offer the
hallowed bread; at that time, Bourais disappeared mysteriously; and
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Aspern Papers by Henry James: with reason, for a preoccupation that was almost profane in the presence
of our dying companion. All the same I took another look, endeavoring to
pick out mentally the place to try first, for a person who should wish
to put his hand on Miss Bordereau's papers directly after her death.
The room was a dire confusion; it looked like the room of an old actress.
There were clothes hanging over chairs, odd-looking shabby bundles
here and there, and various pasteboard boxes piled together,
battered, bulging, and discolored, which might have been fifty years old.
Miss Tita after a moment noticed the direction of my eyes again and,
as if she guessed how I judged the air of the place (forgetting I
had no business to judge it at all), said, perhaps to defend herself
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Young Forester by Zane Grey: pines near the cabin, and examination proved that nothing had been
disturbed. We found the horses grazing up the canyon. Buell had taken the
horse of one of his men, and had left his own superb bay. Most likely he
had jumped astride the first animal he saw. Dick said I could have Buell's
splendid horse. I had some trouble in catching him, as he was restive and
spirited, but I succeeded eventually, and we drove the other horses and
ponies into the glade. My comrades then fell to arguing about what to do
with the prisoners. Dick was for packing them off to Holston. Bent talked
against this, saying it was no easy matter to drive bound men over rough
trails, and Jim sided with him.
Once, while they were talking, I happened to catch Herky-Jerky's eye. He
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