| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Several Works by Edgar Allan Poe: "Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry."
"And yet some fools will have it that his taste is a match for
your own."
"Come, let us go."
"Whither?"
"To your vaults."
"My friend, no; I will not impose upon your good nature. I
perceive you have an engagement. Luchesi--"
"I have no engagement;--come."
"My friend, no. It is not the engagement, but the severe cold
with which I perceive you are afflicted. The vaults are
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy: Lord Grenville turned in search of the Comtesse, who sat at
the further end of the room.
"Lud love me!" whispered his Royal Highness to Marguerite, as
soon as he had caught sight of the rigid figure of the old lady; "Lud
love me! she looks very virtuous and very melancholy."
"Faith, your Royal Highness," she rejoined with a smile,
"virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when it is crushed."
"Virtue, alas!" sighed the Prince, "is mostly unbecoming to
your charming sex, Madame."
"Madame la Comtesse de Tournay de Basserive," said Lord
Grenville, introducing the lady.
The Scarlet Pimpernel |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: manner towards her faithful attendant, "No, Janet, not a word of
mine shall do your father prejudice. But thou seest, my love, I
have no desire but to throw my self on my husband's protection.
I have left the abode he assigned for me, because of the villainy
of the persons by whom I was surrounded; but I will disobey his
commands in no other particular. I will appeal to him alone--I
will be protected by him alone; to no other, than at his
pleasure, have I or will I communicate the secret union which
combines our hearts and our destinies. I will see him, and
receive from his own lips the directions for my future conduct.
Do not argue against my resolution, Janet; you will only confirm
Kenilworth |
