| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Marriage Contract by Honore de Balzac: little salon with a childlike expression of curiosity.
"They are talking of our children and our death and a lot of other
such trifles; they are counting our gold to see if we can keep five
horses in the stables. They are talking also of deeds of gift; but
there, I have forestalled them."
"How so?"
"Have I not given myself wholly to you?" he said, looking straight at
the girl, whose beauty was enhanced by the blush which the pleasure of
this answer brought to her face.
"Mamma, how can I acknowledge so much generosity."
"My dear child, you have a lifetime before you in which to return it.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw: together twice and whistling that single note that no nightingale can
imitate? That is what happened in the woods when I was running away.
So I turned; and the pursuer became the pursued.
HYPATIA. I had to fight like a wild cat.
LORD SUMMERHAYS. Please dont tell us this. It's not fit for old
people to hear.
TARLETON. Come: how did it end?
HYPATIA. It's not ended yet.
TARLETON. How is it going to end?
HYPATIA. Ask him.
TARLETON. How is it going to end, Mr Percival?
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Camille by Alexandre Dumas: long voyage. There was nothing left to hold me to life. My
existence became what it had been two years before I knew you. I
tried to win back the duke, but I had offended him too deeply.
Old men are not patient, no doubt because they realize that they
are not eternal. I got weaker every day. I was pale and sad and
thinner than ever. Men who buy love examine the goods before
taking them. At Paris there were women in better health, and not
so thin as I was; I was rather forgotten. That is all the past up
to yesterday.
Now I am seriously ill. I have written to the duke to ask him for
money, for I have none, and the creditors have returned, and come
Camille |
