| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: provincial town.
Prince Peter wanted to ask his brother how,
and under what circumstances, Lisa had left
home, and who could possibly be the father of her
child. But he could not make up his mind to in-
quire.
That very morning, when his wife had at-
tempted to condole with her brother-in-law, Prince
Peter had observed a look of pain on his brother's
face. The look had at once been masked by an
expression of unapproachable pride, and he had
The Forged Coupon |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling: hands me the paper.
'"He stole all that money from me," says Boney over my
shoulder. "A Bank of France is another of the things we must
make. Are you mad?" he shouts at Talleyrand.
'"Quite," says Talleyrand, getting up. "But be calm. The
disease will never attack you. It is called gratitude. This gentleman
found me in the street and fed me when I was hungry."
'"I see; and he has made a fine scene of it, and you have paid
him, I suppose. Meantime, France waits. "
'"Oh! poor France!" says Talleyrand. "Good-bye, Candide,"
he says to me. "By the way," he says, "have you yet got Red
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honore de Balzac: It may hence be understood how it was that the three convicts, instead
of betraying their chief, were eager to serve him; and as they
suspected he was now the owner of the stolen seven hundred and fifty
thousand francs, they admired him for his calm resignation, under bolt
and bar of the Conciergerie, believing him capable of protecting them
all.
When Monsieur Gault left the sham priest, he returned through the
parlor to his office, and went in search of Bibi-Lupin, who for twenty
minutes, since Jacques Collin had gone downstairs, had been on the
watch with his eye at a peephole in a window looking out on the
prison-yard.
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