| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad: put many a solitary traveller to sleep in the archbishop's bed."
"There was also a gipsy girl there," said Byrne feebly from the
improvised litter on which he was being carried to the coast by a
squad of guerilleros.
"It was she who winched up that infernal machine, and it was she
too who lowered it that night," was the answer.
"But why? Why?" exclaimed Byrne. "Why should she wish for my
death?"
"No doubt for the sake of your excellency's coat buttons," said
politely the saturnine Gonzales. "We found those of the dead
mariner concealed on her person. But your excellency may rest
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Little Rivers by Henry van Dyke: hoop at the top--silk aprons, and a green jacket, and bottles of
wine, and half a smoked pig, and a coil of rope, and a purse.
The gallant firemen voluntarily climbed up the pole as far as
they could, one after another, and then involuntarily slid down
again exhausted, each one wiping off a little more of the grease,
until at last the lucky one came who profited by his forerunners'
labours, and struggled to the top to snatch the smoked pig.
After that it was easy.
Such is success in this unequal world; the man who wipes off the
grease seldom gets the prize.
Then followed various games, with tubs of water; and coins fastened
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: "Prosperous road," hailed Lingard.
"Remember the promise!" shouted the other. "And come soon!" he
went on, raising his voice as the brig forged past. "Come
soon--lest what perhaps is written should come to pass!"
The brig shot ahead.
"What?" yelled Lingard in a puzzled tone, "what's written?"
He listened. And floating over the water came faintly the words:
"No one knows!"
III
"My word! I couldn't help liking the chap," would shout Lingard
when telling the story; and looking around at the eyes that
The Rescue |
