| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Child of Storm by H. Rider Haggard: "Yes, I dare say," I answered; "but the question is, could I trust
myself with you?"
"What do you mean?" she asked. "Oh, I understand. Then, after all, I
am more to you than a black stone to play with?"
I think it was that unlucky joke of mine which first set Mameena
thinking, "like a white ant in its tunnel," as Saduko said. At least,
after it her manner towards me changed; she became very deferential; she
listened to my words as though they were all wisdom; I caught her
looking at me with her soft eyes as though I were quite an admirable
object. She began to talk to me of her difficulties, her troubles and
her ambitions. She asked me for my advice as to Saduko. On this point
Child of Storm |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Falk by Joseph Conrad: ought to have gone and hidden himself out of sight
instead of . . ."
"But it's a great misfortune for me. But it's a
great misfortune for me," Falk would ejaculate
from time to time.
However, Hermann kept on running frequently
against the corners of the table. At last he lost a
slipper, and crossing his arms on his breast, walked
up with one stocking foot very close to Falk, in or-
der to ask him whether he did think there was any-
where on earth a woman abandoned enough to mate
Falk |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: alert at the edge of a moon-bathed clearing.
Noiselessly Tarzan crept through the trees until he was
directly over the deer. In the ape-man's right hand
was the long hunting knife of his father and in his
heart the blood lust of the carnivore. Just for an
instant he poised above the unsuspecting Bara and then
he launched himself downward upon the sleek back. The
impact of his weight carried the deer to its knees and
before the animal could regain its feet the knife had
found its heart. As Tarzan rose upon the body of his
kill to scream forth his hideous victory cry into the
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar |
