| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from An Unsocial Socialist by George Bernard Shaw: You should wear a veil, Agatha."
She blushed, and stood burning and tingling, her presence of mind
gone, and her chief sensation one of relief to hear--for she did
not dare to see--that he was departing. Her consciousness was in
a delicious confusion, with the one definite thought in it that
she had won her lover at last. The tone of Trefusis's voice, rich
with truth and earnestness, his quick insight, and his passionate
warning to her not to heed him, convinced her that she had
entered into a relation destined to influence her whole life.
"And yet," she said remorsefully, "I cannot love him as he loves
me. I am selfish, cold, calculating, worldly, and have doubted
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from My Antonia by Willa Cather: with Mrs. Cutter!
BOOK III
Lena Lingard
I
AT THE UNIVERSITY I had the good fortune to come immediately
under the influence of a brilliant and inspiring young scholar.
Gaston Cleric had arrived in Lincoln only a few weeks earlier
than I, to begin his work as head of the Latin Department.
He came West at the suggestion of his physicians,
his health having been enfeebled by a long illness in Italy.
When I took my entrance examinations, he was my examiner,
My Antonia |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Chouans by Honore de Balzac: to all, though departed. The girl was gratified at the evident power
of the Chouan, and though by nature too simple and humble for the
tricks of a lady's maid, she was also far too anxious to penetrate the
mystery not to profit by her advantages on this occasion.
"Mademoiselle accepts your proposal," she said to the landlord, who
jumped as if suddenly awakened by her words.
"What proposal?" he asked with genuine surprise.
"What proposal?" asked Corentin, entering the kitchen.
"What proposal?" asked Mademoiselle de Verneuil, returning to it.
"What proposal?" asked a fourth individual on the lower step of the
staircase, who now sprang lightly into the kitchen.
The Chouans |
