| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas: that point, for the musketeers belong to our forces and
Monsieur de Cambon, the substitute for Monsieur d'Artagnan,
still holds his place."
The two friends looked at each other.
"You see," said Athos.
"It is strange," said Aramis.
"It is absolutely certain that some misfortune has happened
to them on the way."
"If we have no news of them this evening, to-morrow we must
start."
Athos nodded affirmatively, then turning:
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from An Episode Under the Terror by Honore de Balzac: chair by the counter.
A young woman busy with embroidery looked up from her work at the
rattling of the door-latch, and looked out through the square window-
panes. She seemed to recognize the old-fashioned violet silk mantle,
for she went at once to a drawer as if in search of something put
aside for the newcomer. Not only did this movement and the expression
of the woman's face show a very evident desire to be rid as soon as
possible of an unwelcome visitor, but she even permitted herself an
impatient exclamation when the drawer proved to be empty. Without
looking at the lady, she hurried from her desk into the back shop and
called to her husband, who appeared at once.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: Slowly, with infinite care, she crossed to the stairs, and on hands
and knees now, lest she should make a sound, began to crawl upward.
And a little way up, panic fear seized upon her again, and her heart
stood still, and she turned a miserable face in the darkness back
toward the door below, and fought against the impulse to retreat
again.
And then she heard Danglar speak, and from her new vantage point
his words came to her distinctly this time:
"Good work, Skeeny! You've got the Sparrow nicely trussed up, I
see. Well, he'll do as he is for a while there. I told the boys
to hold off a bit. It's safer to wait an hour or two yet, before
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