| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen: If, indeed, by any strange mischance his father should have
gained intelligence of what she had dared to think and look for,
of her causeless fancies and injurious examinations,
she could not wonder at any degree of his indignation.
If aware of her having viewed him as a murderer, she could
not wonder at his even turning her from his house.
But a justification so full of torture to herself,
she trusted, would not be in his power.
Anxious as were all her conjectures on this point,
it was not, however, the one on which she dwelt most.
There was a thought yet nearer, a more prevailing,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Pool in the Desert by Sara Jeanette Duncan: 'My plans are as indefinite as possible, really,' Madeline returned.
'I may spend the cold weather in Calcutta, or go into camp with the
Dovedells--I should like that.'
'Mrs. Innes,' cried the nearest schoolgirl, 'we are coming tomorrow
to see all the lovely things in your boxes, may we?'
'Do, duckies. But mind, no copying of them by durzies in the
veranda. They're all Paris things--Coulter's--and you know he
doesn't copy well, does he? Oh, dear! here are the men--they always
come too soon, don't they? So glad to have had even a little chat,
Miss Anderson. I'll come and see you tomorrow. You know newcomers
in India always make the first calls. I shall find you at home,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton: dear. You're just one of the people with whom it happens to
agree."
Susy, leaning back, scrutinized between her lashes his crooked
ironic face.
"What is it that's agreeing with you, Streffy? I've never seen
you so human. You must be getting an outrageous price for the
villa."
Strefford laughed and clapped his hand on his breast-pocket. "I
should be an ass not to: I've got a wire here saying they must
have it for another month at any price."
"What luck! I'm so glad. Who are they, by the way?"
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