| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Letters of Two Brides by Honore de Balzac: the ambassador, where I appeared in all my glory, and Macumer was
completely carried away in a frenzy of love which I could not
describe. Then I read him your horrible answer to my letter, and I
read it sobbing, at the risk of making a fright of myself. My dear
Arab fell at my feet, declaring that you raved. Then he carried me off
to the balcony of the palace where we are staying, from which we have
a view over part of the city; there he spoke to me words worthy of the
magnificent moonlight scene which lay stretched before us. We both
speak Italian now, and his love, told in that voluptuous tongue, so
admirably adapted to the expression of passion, sounded in my ears
like the most exquisite poetry. He swore that, even were you right in
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Odyssey by Homer: gone into the country, but had sent the ship to the town to
prevent her from being alarmed and made unhappy. This servant
and Eumaeus happened to meet when they were both on the same
errand of going to tell Penelope. When they reached the House,
the servant stood up and said to the queen in the presence of
the waiting women, "Your son, Madam, is now returned from
Pylos"; but Eumaeus went close up to Penelope, and said
privately all that her son had bidden him tell her. When he had
given his message he left the house with its outbuildings and
went back to his pigs again.
The suitors were surprised and angry at what had happened, so
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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: "The God damned coward!" he whimpered. "He didn't even stop his car."
The Buchanans' house floated suddenly toward us through the dark rustling
trees. Tom stopped beside the porch and looked up at the second floor,
where two windows bloomed with light among the vines.
"Daisy's home," he said. As we got out of the car he glanced at me and
frowned slightly.
"I ought to have dropped you in West Egg, Nick. There's nothing we can
do to-night."
A change had come over him, and he spoke gravely, and with decision.
As we walked across the moonlight gravel to the porch he disposed of
the situation in a few brisk phrases.
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