| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Eugenie Grandet by Honore de Balzac: his claim to his profit-and-loss account; each and all said
confidently, "Grandet of Saumur will pay."
Six months went by. The Parisians had redeemed the notes in
circulation as they fell due, and held them under lock and key in
their desks. First result aimed at by the old cooper! Nine months
after this preliminary meeting, the two liquidators distributed forty-
seven per cent to each creditor on his claim. This amount was obtained
by the sale of the securities, property, and possessions of all kinds
belonging to the late Guillaume Grandet, and was paid over with
scrupulous fidelity. Unimpeachable integrity was shown in the
transaction. The creditors gratefully acknowledged the remarkable and
Eugenie Grandet |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from 1492 by Mary Johntson: colonists in Hispaniola. The moral of which was, Trust
and Obey the Viceroy of the Indies, the Admiral of the
Ocean-Sea!
``Excellent good!'' said Luis Torres. ``Don Pedro Margarite
and the Apostolic Vicar had not reached Cadiz when
Don Antonio sailed!''
The Admiral talked with me that night. Gout again crippled
him. He lay helpless, now and then in much pain.
I should go home with Antonio de Torres, but I cannot!
``You are not very fit to go.''
``I do not mean my body. My will could drag that on
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy: his hands I shall suffer if at anybody's; while a
fortnight's forbearance on his part would be enough to allow
me to pull through. This may be got out of him in one way--
that you would let it be known to him that you are my
intended--that we are to be quietly married in the next
fortnight.--Now stop, you haven't heard all! Let him have
this story, without, of course, any prejudice to the fact
that the actual engagement between us is to be a long one.
Nobody else need know: you could go with me to Mr. Grower
and just let me speak to 'ee before him as if we were on
such terms. We'll ask him to keep it secret. He will
The Mayor of Casterbridge |
