| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: hurried Somerset out of the front door, and left him
standing, key in hand, upon the pavement.
The next day, about the hour appointed, the young man found
his way to the square, which I will here call Golden Square,
though that was not its name. What to expect, he knew not;
for a man may live in dreams, and yet be unprepared for their
realisation. It was already with a certain pang of surprise
that he beheld the mansion, standing in the eye of day, a
solid among solids. The key, upon trial, readily opened the
front door; he entered that great house, a privileged
burglar; and, escorted by the echoes of desertion, rapidly
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from McTeague by Frank Norris: carry. Der tervins," he added, calling to the two smallest
boys, who were dressed exactly alike, "will releef one
unudder mit der camp-stuhl und basket number four. Dat is
comprehend, hay? When we make der start, you childern will
in der advance march. Dat is your orders. But we do not
start," he exclaimed, excitedly; "we remain. Ach Gott,
Selina, who does not arrive."
Selina, it appeared, was a niece of Mrs. Sieppe's. They were
on the point of starting without her, when she suddenly
arrived, very much out of breath. She was a slender,
unhealthy looking girl, who overworked herself giving
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne: Fix, fairly puzzled, descended to his cabin and gave himself
up to his reflections. He was evidently suspected; somehow
or other the Frenchman had found out that he was a detective.
But had he told his master? What part was he playing in all this:
was he an accomplice or not? Was the game, then, up? Fix spent
several hours turning these things over in his mind, sometimes
thinking that all was lost, then persuading himself that Fogg
was ignorant of his presence, and then undecided what course
it was best to take.
Nevertheless, he preserved his coolness of mind, and at last
resolved to deal plainly with Passepartout. If he did not find it
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