The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: does?"
"Sir Francis Drake would, from whom he got his lesson. Do you mind
his putting the negro lass ashore after he found out about--"
"Hush! Bygones be bygones, and those that did it are in their
graves long ago. But it was too hard of him on the poor thing."
"If he had not got rid of her, there would have been more throats
than one cut about the lass, that's all I know," said another; "and
so there would have been about this one before now, if the captain
wasn't a born angel out of heaven, and the lieutenant no less."
"Well, I suppose we may get a whet by now. I wonder if these Dons
have any beer aboard."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Frances Waldeaux by Rebecca Davis: full control of her property. A Trust Company manages it
for her, but they have no authority to stop her if she
chooses to--throw it into the gutter."
The prince looked up sharply. Could this be a trick?
But if it were, the agent would find out for him. He
rose.
"To have the sole disposal of her own hand and of her
fortune? That seems strange to us," he said, smiling.
"But I have your consent, most dear lady, to win both, if
I can?"
"Oh, yes, prince. If you can."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne: "O, never fear," answered her companion. "He never harms
people, unless they try to enter my dominions without being
sent for, or to get away when I wish to keep them here. Down,
Cerberus! Now, my pretty Proserpina, we will drive on."
On went the chariot, and King Pluto seemed greatly pleased to
find himself once more in his own kingdom. He drew Proserpina's
attention to the rich veins of gold that were to be seen among
the rocks, and pointed to several places where one stroke of a
pickaxe would loosen a bushel of diamonds. All along the road,
indeed, there were sparkling gems, which would have been of
inestimable value above ground, but which here were reckoned of
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