| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Turn of the Screw by Henry James: startled me, in truth, far more than it would have done to find
her also merely agitated, for direct dismay was of course not
what I had expected. Prepared and on her guard as our pursuit
had actually made her, she would repress every betrayal;
and I was therefore shaken, on the spot, by my first
glimpse of the particular one for which I had not allowed.
To see her, without a convulsion of her small pink face, not even
feign to glance in the direction of the prodigy I announced,
but only, instead of that, turn at ME an expression of hard,
still gravity, an expression absolutely new and unprecedented
and that appeared to read and accuse and judge me--
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: But turn thy back upon them for a time; and look, for soon they
too shall look.
Celebrated be the praises of thy Lord, the Lord of glory, above what
they attribute! and peace be upon the apostles and praise be to God,
the Lord of the worlds!
THE CHAPTER OF SAD
(XXXVIII. Mecca.)
IN the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
SAD. By the Koran with its reminder! nay, but those who misbelieve
are in pride, schism!
How many a generation have we destroyed before them, and they
The Koran |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Case of the Golden Bullet by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: young man's ill-concealed indignation and paid no attention to it.
"Your master has been here for about a year. Where was he before
that?"
"In the capital."
"You were in his service then?"
"I have been with him for three years."
"Did he know any ladies in his former home?"
"There was one - I think he was engaged to her."
"Why didn't he marry her?"
"I don't know."
"What was her name?"
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