| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie: minutely. If the operations are complicated, he will return to
you with a report and you can instruct him further."
"You're tying my hands," complained Tommy. "It's a very delicate
affair, and the other fellow will muff it up as likely as not,
and then where shall I be? I don't believe one of you has got an
ounce of tact."
The German rapped the table.
"Those are our terms. Otherwise, death!"
Tommy leaned back wearily.
"I like your style. Curt, but attractive. So be it, then. But
one thing is essential, I must see the girl."
Secret Adversary |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart: Sullivan used one hand or the other? One pair of handcuffs will
put both hands out of commission.
As usual when one of his pet theories was attacked, Hotchkiss looked
aggrieved.
"My dear sir," he expostulated, "don't you understand what bearing
this has on the case? How was the murdered man lying when he was
found?"
"On his back," I said promptly, "head toward the engine."
"Very well," he retorted, "and what then? Your heart lies under
your fifth intercostal space, and to reach it a right-handed blow
would have struck either down or directly in.
The Man in Lower Ten |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Essays & Lectures by Oscar Wilde: black cloth you could not have painted silken doublet. Ugly dress
is better for art - facts of vision, not of the object.
What is a picture? Primarily, a picture is a beautifully coloured
surface, merely, with no more spiritual message or meaning for you
than an exquisite fragment of Venetian glass or a blue tile from
the wall of Damascus. It is, primarily, a purely decorative thing,
a delight to look at.
All archaeological pictures that make you say 'How curious!' all
sentimental pictures that make you say, 'How sad!' all historical
pictures that make you say 'How interesting!' all pictures that do
not immediately give you such artistic joy as to make you say 'How
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