| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Ursula by Honore de Balzac: returning in the caleche from a country drive, with an air of intimacy
that told all.
"I'd give thirty thousand francs if God would call uncle to himself
before the marriage of young Portenduere with that affected minx can
take place," she said.
Goupil accompanied Monsieur and Madame Minoret to the middle of their
great courtyard, and there said, looking round to see if they were
quite alone:
"Will you give me the means of buying Dionis's practice? If you will,
I will break off the marriage between Portenduere and Ursula."
"How?" asked the colossus.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Young Forester by Zane Grey: know where I was. After a little I struggled to sit up, and with great
difficulty managed it. My hands were tied. Then it all came back to me.
Stockton stood before me holding a tin cup of water toward my lips. My
throat was parched, and I drank. Stockton had a great bruise on his
forehead; his nostrils were crusted with blood, and his shirt was half torn
off.
"You're all right?" he said.
"Sure," I replied, which was not true.
I imagined that a look of relief came over his face. Next I saw Bill
nursing his eye, and bathing it with a wet handkerchief. It was swollen
shut, puffed out to the size of a goose-egg, and blue as indigo. Dick had
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad: "Your master did not take you to town with him, then."
"I am the head servant and he leaves me in charge of the house.
It's a strong, young chap that travels with our master. If--God
forbid--there was some accident on the road he would be of much
more use than I."
Glancing through the window he saw the priest arguing vehemently
in the thick of the crowd, which seemed subdued by his
interference. Three or four men, however, were talking with the
Cossacks at the door.
"And you don't think your master has gone to join the rebels
maybe--eh?" asked the officer.
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