| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: of my complaint. She deserted me, her natural protector; for
years, she has consorted with the most disreputable persons;
and to fill the cup of her offence, she has recently married.
I refuse to see her, or the being to whom she has linked
herself. One hundred and twenty pounds a year, I have always
offered her: I offer it again. It is what I had myself when
I was her age.'
'Very well, madam,' said the Prince; 'and be that so! But to
touch upon another matter: what was the income of the
Reverend Bernard Fanshawe?'
'My father?' asked the spirited old lady. 'I believe he had
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Padre Ignacio by Owen Wister: at him once more, and come away. But this he did not, nor even take a
farewell glance at the church and organ. He bade nothing farewell, but,
turning his back upon his room and his garden, rode down the canyon.
The vessel lay at anchor, and some one had landed from ha and was talking
with other men on the shore. Seeing the priest slowly coming, this
stranger approached to meet him.
"You are connected with the mission here?" he inquired.
"I--am."
"Perhaps it is with you that Gaston Villere stopped?"
"The young man from New Orleans? Yes. I am Padre Ignacio."
"Then you'll save me a journey. I promised him to deliver these into your
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy: her father's testimony, was going to be sufficient. But he had
never suspected the sad fact that the position was irremediable.
Poor Grace, perhaps feeling that she had indulged in too much
fluster for a mere kiss, calmed herself at finding how grave he
was. "I am glad we are friends again anyhow," she said, smiling
through her tears. "Giles, if you had only shown half the
boldness before I married that you show now, you would have
carried me off for your own first instead of second. If we do
marry, I hope you will never think badly of me for encouraging you
a little, but my father is SO impatient, you know, as his years
and infirmities increase, that he will wish to see us a little
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