| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton: It is quite true that my father is gone to fetch his chaplain.
Oh, I implore you, be warned by me! There is no other way of
escape."
"And if I do as you say--?"
"You are safe! You are free! I stake my life on it."
"And you--you are married to that villain?"
"But I shall have saved you. Tell me your name, that I may say
it to myself when I am alone."
"My name is Anthony. But you must not marry that fellow."
"You forgive me, Anthony? You don't think too badly of me?"
"I say you must not marry that fellow."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Ebb-Tide by Stevenson & Osbourne: nearest of the helmets--'kept appearing and reappearing in the
midst of the lagoon. Fond of parables?' he asked abruptly.
'O yes!' said Herrick.
'Well, I saw these machines come up dripping and go down
again, and come up dripping and go down again, and all the
while the fellow inside as dry as toast!' said Attwater; 'and
I thought we all wanted a dress to go down into the world in,
and come up scatheless. What do you think the name was?' he
inquired.
'Self-conceit,' said Herrick.
'Ah, but I mean seriously!' said Attwater.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: tion. And," he added ruefully, "I've heard so much about
the brigands that infest these mountains."
The girl laughed.
"Those stories are really exaggerated," she said. "I was
born in Lutha, and except for a few months each year have
always lived here, and though I ride much I have never
seen a brigand. You need not be afraid."
Barney Custer looked up at her quickly, and then he
grinned. His only fear had been that he would not meet
brigands, for Mr. Bernard Custer, Jr., was young and the
spirit of Romance and Adventure breathed strong within
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