| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Case of the Registered Letter by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: had, you know."
"But there are difficulties in the way," continued the commissioner
in a business-like tone. "The local authorities in G- have not
asked for our assistance, and we are taking up the case over their
heads, as it were. I shall have to leave that to Muller's diplomacy.
He will come to G- and have an interview with your nephew. Then he
will have to use his own judgment as to the next steps, and as to
how far he may go in opposition to what has been done by the police
there."
"And then I may go back home?" asked Miss Graumann. "Go home with
the assurance that you will help my poor boy?"
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: he felt so comfortable. He wanted to hop, skip and jump. The soft, undressed
buckskin was as warm and smooth as silk-plush; the weight so light, the
moccasins so well-fitting and springy, that he had to put himself under
considerable restraint to keep from capering about like a frolicsome colt.
The possession of this buckskin outfit, and the rifle and accouterments which
went with the bargain, marked the last stage in Joe's surrender to the border
fever. The silent, shaded glens, the mystery of the woods, the breath of this
wild, free life claimed him from this moment entirely and forever.
He met the others, however, with a serene face, showing no trace of the
emotion which welled up strongly from his heart. Nell glanced shyly at him;
Kate playfully voiced her admiration; Jim met him with a brotherly ridicule
The Spirit of the Border |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: Despairing of his own arm's fortitude,
To join with witches and the help of hell!
BURGUNDY.
Traitors have never other company.
But what 's that Pucelle whom they term so pure?
TALBOT.
A maid, they say.
BEDFORD.
A maid! and be so martial!
BURGUNDY.
Pray God she prove not masculine ere long,
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