| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson: It's DAMNABLE, Henley. I don't go much on the 'Sea Cook'; but,
Lord, it's a little fruitier than the PIRATE by Cap'n. Marryat.
Since this was written 'The Cook' is in his nineteenth chapter.
Yo-heave ho!
R. L. S.
Letter: TO THOMAS STEVENSON
[CHALET AM STEIN, DAVOS, AUTUMN 1881.]
MY DEAR FATHER, - It occurred to me last night in bed that I could
write
The Murder of Red Colin,
A Story of the Forfeited Estates.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland by Olive Schreiner: oppressed him. At times he even wished he might hear the cry of a jackal
or of some larger beast of prey in the distance; and he wished that the
wind would blow a little louder, instead of making that little wheezing
sound as it passed the corners of the stones. He looked down at his gun,
which lay cocked ready on the ground at his right side; and from time to
time he raised his hand automatically and fingered the cartridges in his
belt. Then he stretched out his small wiry hands to the fire and warmed
them. It was only half past ten, and it seemed to him he had been sitting
here ten hours at the least.
After a while he threw two more large logs on the fire, and took the flask
out of his pocket. He examined it carefully by the firelight to see how
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Roads of Destiny by O. Henry: "You see, Mr. Standifer, we didn't know anything about him, and he can
be very pleasant and kind when he wants to. We lived down in the
little town of Goliad. Benton came riding down that way, and stopped
there a while. I reckon I was some better looking then than I am now.
He was good to me for a whole year after we were married. He insured
his life for me for five thousand dollars. But for the last six months
he has done everything but kill me. I often wish he had done that,
too. He got out of money for a while, and abused me shamefully for not
having anything he could spend. Then father died, and left me the
little home in Goliad. My husband made me sell that, and turned me out
into the world. I've barely been able to live, for I'm not strong
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