| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson: feathered hat, with a big coat, dun coloured," a costume referred
to by one of the counsel as "French cloathes which were
remarkable."
There are many incidents given in the trial that point to Alan's
fiery spirit and Highland quickness to take offence. One witness
"declared also That the said Alan Breck threatened that he would
challenge Ballieveolan and his sons to fight because of his
removing the declarant last year from Glenduror." On another
page: "Duncan Campbell, change-keeper at Annat, aged thirty-five
years, married, witness cited, sworn, purged and examined ut
supra, depones, That, in the month of April last, the deponent
Kidnapped |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: he came to it he was called to, 'O Moses! verily, I am thy Lord, so
take off thy sandals; verily, thou art in the holy valley Tuva, and
I have chosen thee. So listen to what is inspired thee; verily, I am
God, there is no god but Me! then serve Me, and be steadfast in prayer
to remember Me.
'Verily, the hour is coming, I almost make it appear, that every
soul may be recompensed for its efforts.
'Let not then him who believes not therein and follows his lusts
ever turn thee away therefrom, and thou be ruined.
'What is that in thy right hand, O Moses?'
Said he, 'It is my staff on which I lean, and wherewith I beat
The Koran |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Purse by Honore de Balzac: the color had flown, and the chalk in many places fallen away.
"You are attached to that picture for the sake of the likeness,
no doubt, mesdames, for the drawing is dreadful?" he said,
looking at Adelaide.
"It was done at Calcutta, in great haste," replied the mother in
an agitated voice.
She gazed at the formless sketch with the deep absorption which
memories of happiness produce when they are roused and fall on
the heart like a beneficent dew to whose refreshing touch we love
to yield ourselves up; but in the expression of the old lady's
face there were traces too of perennial regret. At least, it was
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