| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Several Works by Edgar Allan Poe: my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my
smile now was at the thought of his immolation.
He had a weak point--this Fortunato--although in other regards
he was a man to be respected and even feared. He prided himself on
his connoisseurship in wine. Few Italians have the true virtuoso
spirit. For the most part their enthusiasm is adopted to suit the
time and opportunity-- to practise imposture upon the British and
Austrian millionaires. In painting and gemmary, Fortunato,
like his countrymen, was a quack-- but in the matter of old wines he
was sincere. In this respect I did not differ from him
materially: I was skillful in the Italian vintages myself, and
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Recruit by Honore de Balzac: had returned to France to share in Granville's expedition, and was
taken prisoner. The letter was written from his cell, but it told her
to hope. He did not doubt his means of escape, and he named to her
three days, on one of which he expected to be with her in disguise.
But in case he did not reach Carentan by the third day, she might know
some fatal difficulty had occurred, and the letter contained his last
wishes and a sad farewell. The paper trembled in the old man's hand.
"This is the third day," cried the countess, rising and walking
hurriedly up and down.
"You have been very imprudent," said the merchant. "Why send Brigitte
to buy those provisions?"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: there until the danger passes."
Norman of Torn made a wry face, for he had no
stomach for hiding himself away from danger.
"For my sake," she pleaded. So he promised to do
as she bid, and she ran swiftly from the room to fetch
her belongings.
CHAPTER XIX
WHEN the little, grim, gray man had set the object
covered with a cloth upon the table in the center of
the room and left the apartment, he did not return
to camp as Norman of Torn had ordered.
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