| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart: had himself seen the notice, but his anxiety drove him early to the
office. There was nothing there, but he learned one thing. He had
to go through with no formalities. The clerk merely looked in a box,
said "Nothing here," and went on about his business. At eleven
o'clock he went back again, and after a careful scrutiny of the
crowd presented himself once more.
"L 22? Here you are."
He had the letter in his hand. He had glanced at it and had thrust
it deep in his pocket, when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He
wheeled and faced Bassett.
"I thought I recognized that back," said the reporter, cheerfully.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving: Was her encouragement of the poor pedagogue all a mere sham to
secure her conquest of his rival? Heaven only knows, not I!
Let it suffice to say, Ichabod stole forth with the air of
one who had been sacking a henroost, rather than a fair lady's
heart. Without looking to the right or left to notice the scene
of rural wealth, on which he had so often gloated, he went
straight to the stable, and with several hearty cuffs and kicks
roused his steed most uncourteously from the comfortable quarters
in which he was soundly sleeping, dreaming of mountains of corn
and oats, and whole valleys of timothy and clover.
It was the very witching time of night that Ichabod, heavy
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Underground City by Jules Verne: They had even attempted to find coal under strata which are usually
below it, such as the Devonian red sandstone, but without result.
James Starr had therefore abandoned the mine with the absolute
conviction that it did not contain another bit of coal.
"No," he repeated, "no! How is it possible that anything
which could have escaped my researches, should be revealed
to those of Simon Ford. However, the old overman must well
know that such a discovery would be the one thing in the world
to interest me, and this invitation, which I must keep secret,
to repair to the Dochart pit!" James Starr always came
back to that.
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