| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey: sufficient, an' to please move out of my vicinity. An' he
went."
Lassiter spoke with slow, cool, soothing voice, in which there
was a hint of levity, and his touch, as he continued to bathe her
brow, was gentle and steady. His impassive face, and the kind
gray eyes, further stilled her agitation.
"He drew on you first, and you deliberately shot to cripple
him--you wouldn't kill him--you--Lassiter?"'
"That's about the size of it."
Jane kissed his hand.
All that was calm and cool about Lassiter instantly vanished.
Riders of the Purple Sage |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: King Henry the Fifth, too famous to live long!
England ne'er lost a king of so much worth.
GLOUCESTER.
England ne'er had a king until his time.
Virtue he had, deserving to command:
His brandish'd sword did blind men with his beams:
His arms spread wider than a dragon's wings;
His sparkling eyes, replete with wrathful fire,
More dazzled and drove back his enemies
Than mid-day sun fierce bent against their faces.
What should I say? his deeds exceed all speech:
|
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas: mysterious person evidently took to hide himself.
He was plainly dressed, and apparently unarmed; his arm was
lean but wiry, and his hands dry, but of an aristocratic
whiteness and delicacy, and he leaned on the shoulder of an
officer, who, with his hand on his sword, had watched the
scenes in the Buytenhof with eager curiosity, very natural
in a military man, until his companion drew him away with
him.
On arriving at the square of the Hoogstraet, the man with
the sallow face pushed the other behind an open shutter,
from which corner he himself began to survey the balcony of
The Black Tulip |
