| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad: to hide the shore completely.
"How on earth did you manage to let him get away?" I asked
scandalised.
Almayer looked into the smarting palm of his right hand, but did
not answer my inquiry.
"Where do you think he will get to?" I cried. "Are there any
fences anywhere in this fog? Can he bolt into the forest?
What's to be done now?"
Almayer shrugged his shoulders.
"Some of my men are sure to be about. They will get hold of him
sooner or later."
Some Reminiscences |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland by Olive Schreiner: clothe him. He remembered how he called her and she came and tucked him in
and called him "Little Simon," which was his second name and had been his
father's, and which she only called him when he was in bed at night, or
when he was hurt.
He sat there staring into the blaze. He resolved he would make a great
deal of money, and she should live with him. He would build a large house
in the West End of London, the biggest that had ever been seen, and another
in the country, and they should never work any more.
Peter Halket sat as one turned into stone, staring into the fire.
All men made money when they came to South Africa,--Barney Barnato, Rhodes-
-they all made money out of the country, eight millions, twelve millions,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Falk by Joseph Conrad: For half an hour we jolted inside our rolling
box, side by side, in profound silence. The ex-ser-
geant was busy staunching the blood of a long
scratch on his cheek. "I hope you're satisfied," he
said suddenly. "That's what comes of all that
tomfool business. If you hadn't quarrelled with
that tugboat skipper over some girl or other, all
this wouldn't have happened."
"You heard THAT story?" I said.
"Of course I heard. And I shouldn't wonder if
the Consul-General himself doesn't come to hear
Falk |
