| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott: will have a little more to do. You must contrive to drop out
before my Lady Ashton, just as if it were a matter of little
consequence, the residence of Ravenswood at her husband's house,
and his close intercourse with Miss Ashton; and you may tell her
that all the country talks of a visit from the Marquis of A----,
as it is supposed, to make up the match betwixt Ravenswood and
her daughter. I should like to hear what she says to all this;
for, rat me! if I have any idea of starting for the plate at all
if Ravenswood is to win the race, and he has odds against me
already."
"Never a bit; the wench has too much sense, and in that belief I
The Bride of Lammermoor |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells: shouted the people." To hell with the Council!"
Graham looked at their multitudes, receding beyond
counting into a shouting haze, and then at Ostrog
beside him, white and steadfast and still. His eye
went again to the little group of White Councillors.
And then he looked up at the familiar quiet stars
overhead. The marvellous element in his fate was
suddenly vivid. Could that be his indeed, that little life
in his memory two hundred years gone by--and this
as well?
CHAPTER XIV
When the Sleeper Wakes |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Passion in the Desert by Honore de Balzac: --the shot would miss the mark. And if it were to wake!--the thought
made his limbs rigid. He listened to his own heart beating in the
midst of the silence, and cursed the too violent pulsations which the
flow of blood brought on, fearing to disturb that sleep which allowed
him time to think of some means of escape.
Twice he placed his hand on his scimiter, intending to cut off the
head of his enemy; but the difficulty of cutting the stiff short hair
compelled him to abandon this daring project. To miss would be to die
for CERTAIN, he thought; he preferred the chances of fair fight, and
made up his mind to wait till morning; the morning did not leave him
long to wait.
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