| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates by Howard Pyle: of armed Spaniards, who landed upon the Turtle's Back and sent
the Frenchmen flying to the woods and fastnesses of rocks as the
chaff flies before the thunder gust. That night the Spaniards
drank themselves mad and shouted themselves hoarse over their
victory, while the beaten Frenchmen sullenly paddled their canoes
back to the main island again, and the Sea Turtle was Spanish
once more.
But the Spaniards were not contented with such a petty triumph as
that of sweeping the island of Tortuga free from the obnoxious
strangers, down upon Hispaniola they came, flushed with their
easy victory, and determined to root out every Frenchman, until
Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy: should, by trying to give him a word of warning, which perhaps might
even be unavailing, actually give the signal for her own brother's
death, and that of three other unsuspecting men.
She could not see Chauvelin, but she could almost feel those
keen, pale eyes of his fixed maliciously upon her helpless form, and
his hurried, whispered words reached her ear, as the death-knell of
her last faint, lingering hope.
"Nay, fair lady," he added urbanely, "you can have no interest
in anyone save in St. Just, and all you need do for his safety is to
remain where you are, and to keep silent. My men have strict orders
to spare him in every way. As for that enigmatic Scarlet Pimpernel,
The Scarlet Pimpernel |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: stranger in your taxi. Five minutes later you were smashed up.
Now you're in a prima donna's room at the Opera House, eating a
cold collation. Collation is good, isn't it?"
"Awfully? Where did you hear it?"
I frowned. "I came out top in dictation last term."
"Indeed? Genius and madness do go together, don't they? You are
mad, aren't you?"
"Raving, my dear. I've been certified for two years come Ember.
Out on licence under the new Cock and Bull Bill. You know, 'And
your petitioners will ever Pray- '"
"I suppose you do have lucid intervals?"
The Brother of Daphne |
