| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: pursuing his devious and unsteady way, which, as usual, led him
to Almayer's compound. Ever since a reconciliation had been
effected by Dain Maroola between his white friend and the Rajah,
the one-eyed diplomatist had again become a frequent guest in the
Dutchman's house. To Almayer's great disgust he was to be seen
there at all times, strolling about in an abstracted kind of way
on the verandah, skulking in the passages, or else popping round
unexpected corners, always willing to engage Mrs. Almayer in
confidential conversation. He was very shy of the master
himself, as if suspicious that the pent-up feelings of the white
man towards his person might find vent in a sudden kick. But the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lemorne Versus Huell by Elizabeth Drew Stoddard: time, and amused myself by gliding from window to window along the
wall, that it might not be observed that I was a fixed flower.
Still I suffered the annoyance of being stared at by wandering
squads of young gentlemen, the "curled darlings" of the ball-room.
I borrowed Mrs. Bliss's fan in one of her visits for a protection.
With that, and the embrasure of a remote window where I finally
stationed myself, I hoped to escape further notice. The music of
the celebrated band which played between the dances recalled the
chorus of spirits which charmed Faust:
"And the fluttering
Ribbons of drapery
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne: spaces before ! and ? eliminated for consistency
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