| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: forth to hunt when he had seen the stranger girl alone by
the bushes.
Leaping into the saddle Abdul Kamak dashed for the village gates.
The Sheik, momentarily stunned by the blow that had felled him,
now staggered to his feet, shouting lustily to his followers to
stop the escaped Arab. A dozen blacks leaped forward to intercept
the horseman, only to be ridden down or brushed aside by the muzzle
of Abdul Kamak's long musket, which he lashed from side to side
about him as he spurred on toward the gate. But here he must
surely be intercepted. Already the two blacks stationed there
were pushing the unwieldy portals to. Up flew the barrel of the
The Son of Tarzan |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The School For Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan: SIR BENJAMIN. And everything sold--I'm told--that was movable--
[Going.]
CRABTREE. I was at his house--not a thing left but some empty
Bottles that were overlooked and the Family Pictures, which
I believe are framed in the Wainscot.
[Going.]
SIR BENJAMIN. And I'm very sorry to hear also some bad stories
against him.
[Going.]
CRABTREE. O He has done many mean things--that's certain!
SIR BENJAMIN. But however as He is your Brother----
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad: Renouard waited behind Miss Moorsom's chair.
She got up slowly, moved one step forward, and paused looking at
the shore. The blackness of the island blotted out the stars with
its vague mass like a low thundercloud brooding over the waters and
ready to burst into flame and crashes.
"And so - this is Malata," she repeated dreamily, moving towards
the cabin door. The clear cloak hanging from her shoulders, the
ivory face - for the night had put out nothing of her but the
gleams of her hair - made her resemble a shining dream-woman
uttering words of wistful inquiry. She disappeared without a sign,
leaving Renouard penetrated to the very marrow by the sounds that
Within the Tides |
