| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: measured voice, only now and then showing a little agitation by
rising and walking up and down the room for a turn or two. Very
many things were disclosed in that talk that had caused Myles
long hours of brooding thought, for the Earl spoke freely, and
without concealment to him concerning his father and the fortunes
of the house of Falworth.
Myles had surmised many things, but it was not until then that he
knew for a certainty who was his father's malignant and powerful
enemy--that it was the great Earl of Alban, the rival and bitter
enemy of the Earl of Mackworth. It was not until then that he
knew that the present Earl of Alban was the Lord Brookhurst, who
Men of Iron |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: her deliverance from the tyrant, who through all
the nineteen years of their married life had made
her work without a moment's rest. Her joy
made her aghast; she did not confess it to herself,
but hid it the more from those around. When
his mutilated, yellow and hairy body was being
washed and put into the coffin, she cried with hor-
ror, and wept and sobbed. When the coroner--
a special coroner for serious cases--came and
was taking her evidence, she noticed in the room,
where the inquest was taking place, two peasants
The Forged Coupon |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Troll Garden and Selected Stories by Willa Cather: fails to do justice to Rosalind's facile wit and really brilliant
mental qualities. Gerard will do Orlando, but rumor says he is
epris of your sometime friend, Miss Meredith, and his memory
is treacherous and his interest fitful.
My new pictures arrived last week on the Gascogne. The
Puvis de Chavannes is even more beautiful than I thought it in
Paris. A pale dream-maiden sits by a pale dream-cow and a
stream of anemic water flows at her feet. The Constant, you
will remember, I got because you admired it. It is here in
all its florid splendour, the whole dominated by a glowing
sensuosity. The drapery of the female figure is as wonderful
The Troll Garden and Selected Stories |
