| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: nor willing to retail his own. The catechism
which Plato puts Pierre through on their first en-
counter ("War and Peace") as to his family,
possessions, and what not, are precisely similar
to those to which I have been subjected over and
over again by chance acquaintances in country-
houses or by fellow travellers on journeys by boat
or train. The naivete and kindliness of the ques-
tioner makes it impossible to resent, though one
may feebly try to parry his probing. On the
other hand he offers you free access to the inmost
The Forged Coupon |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: I did imagine what would be her refuge.
WARWICK.
Well, go to; we'll have no bastards live;
Especially since Charles must father it.
PUCELLE.
You are deceived; my child is none of his:
It was Alencon that enjoy'd my love.
YORK.
Alencon! that notorious Machiavel!
It dies, an if it had a thousand lives.
PUCELLE.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen: Lord Argentine had dined with a lady of good position, whose
named was suppressed in the newspaper reports. At about eleven
o'clock Lord Argentine had returned, and informed his man that
he should not require his services till the next morning. A
little later the valet had occasion to cross the hall and was
somewhat astonished to see his master quietly letting himself
out at the front door. He had taken off his evening clothes,
and was dressed in a Norfolk coat and knickerbockers, and wore a
low brown hat. The valet had no reason to suppose that Lord
Argentine had seen him, and though his master rarely kept late
hours, thought little of the occurrence till the next morning,
The Great God Pan |
