| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: ever seen his portrait of Madame Vassiltchikova? But I believe he
doesn't care about painting any more portraits, and so very
likely he is in want. I maintain that . . ."
"Couldn't we ask him to paint a portrait of Anna Arkadyevna?"
said Vronsky.
"Why mine?" said Anna. "After yours I donit want another
portrait. Better have one of Annie" (so she called her baby
girl). "Here she is," she added, looking out of the window at the
handsome Italian nurse, who was carrying the child out into the
garden, and immediately glancing unnoticed at Vronsky. The
handsome nurse, from whom Vronsky was painting a head for his
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Collection of Antiquities by Honore de Balzac: his feet, to wipe off the brine in which his aunt kept him preserved;
he has only just set up a decent horse, a tilbury in the latest style,
a groom----"
"No, no, not a groom," interrupted Rastignac; "he has some sort of an
agricultural laborer that he brought with him 'from his place.'
Buisson, who understands a livery as well as most, declared that the
man was physically incapable of wearing a jacket."
"I will tell you what, you ought to have modeled yourself on
Beaudenord," the Vidame said seriously. "He has this advantage over
all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English
tiger----"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from An International Episode by Henry James: rejoined Beaumont.
"For some of them, yes--if they like to be patronized.
But I must say I don't like to be patronized. I may be very eccentric,
and undisciplined, and outrageous, but I confess I never was fond
of patronage. I like to associate with people on the same terms
as I do in my own country; that's a peculiar taste that I have.
But here people seem to expect something else--Heaven knows what!
I am afraid you will think I am very ungrateful, for I certainly
have received a great deal of attention. The last time I was here,
a lady sent me a message that I was at liberty to come and see her."
"Dear me! I hope you didn't go," observed Percy Beaumont.
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