| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The War in the Air by H. G. Wells: in a strange state. It is the excitement of the starting and
this great soaring in the air. I cannot account for what he
does. But if all goes well I will see to it--you shall haf five
hundert poundts. Will that do? Then gif me the plans."
"Old beggar!" said Bert, as the door clicked. "Gaw!--what an ole
beggar!--SHARP!"
He sat down in the folding-chair, and whistled noiselessly for a
time.
"Nice 'old swindle for 'im if I tore 'em up! I could 'ave."
He rubbed the bridge of his nose thoughtfully. "I gave the whole
blessed show away. If I'd j'es' kep quiet about being
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Prince of Bohemia by Honore de Balzac: criticisms. Tullia had her At Homes. Every Monday she gave a tea-
party; her society was as select as might be, and she neglected
nothing that could make her house pleasant. There was a bouillotte in
one room, conversation in another, and sometimes a concert (always
short) in the large drawing-room. None but the most eminent artists
performed in the house. Tullia had so much good sense, that she
attained to the most exquisite tact, and herein, in all probability,
lay the secret of her ascendency over du Bruel; at any rate, he loved
her with the love which use and wont at length makes indispensable to
life. Every day adds another thread to the strong, irresistible,
intangible web, which enmeshes the most delicate fancies, takes
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol: thousand roubles, as you have, I'd very soon give tiredness one in the
eye! Take Murazov, the tax-farmer--he, again, must be worth ten
millions. What a fortune!"
"Do you mind where we drive?" asked Platon. "I should like first to go
and take leave of my sister and my brother-in-law."
"With pleasure," said Chichikov.
"My brother-in-law is the leading landowner hereabouts. At the present
moment he is drawing an income of two hundred thousand roubles from a
property which, eight years ago, was producing a bare twenty
thousand."
"Truly a man worthy of the utmost respect! I shall be most interested
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