| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Two Noble Kinsmen by William Shakespeare: THESEUS.
Now to our sports againe.
SCHOOLMASTER.
May the Stag thou huntst stand long,
And thy dogs be swift and strong:
May they kill him without lets,
And the Ladies eate his dowsets!
Come, we are all made. [Winde Hornes.]
Dij Deoeq(ue) omnes, ye have danc'd rarely, wenches. [Exeunt.]
Scaena 6. (Same as Scene III.)
[Enter Palamon from the Bush.]
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Heart of the West by O. Henry: unclassifiable procedure; something like a combination of cake-
walking, deaf-and-dumb oratory, postage stamp flirtation and parlour
charades. It lasted two weeks and then came to a sudden end.
Of course Mrs. O'Brien favoured the match as soon as Dry Valley's
intentions were disclosed. Being the mother of a woman child, and
therefore a charter member of the Ancient Order of the Rat-trap, she
joyfully decked out Panchita for the sacrifice. The girl was
temporarily dazzled by having her dresses lengthened and her hair
piled up on her head, and came near forgetting that she was only a
slice of cheese. It was nice, too, to have as good a match as Mr.
Johnson paying you attentions and to see the other girls fluttering
Heart of the West |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Arrow of Gold by Joseph Conrad: you, Dona Rita, then I do say it."
She nodded at me with an air of accepting the rendered justice and
went on with the utmost simplicity.
"And what is it that is coming to me now with all the airs of
virtue? All the lawful conventions are coming to me, all the
glamours of respectability! And nobody can say that I have made as
much as the slightest little sign to them. Not so much as lifting
my little finger. I suppose you know that?"
"I don't know. I do not doubt your sincerity in anything you say.
I am ready to believe. You are not one of those who have to work."
"Have to work - what do you mean?"
The Arrow of Gold |
