| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: "Nothing, sir," said the Captain, "but to shew me the nearest way
to the gate--and if you would have the kindness," he added, with
great effrontery, "to let a servant bring my horse with him, the
dark grey gelding--call him Gustavus, and he will prick up his
ears--for I know not where the castle-stables are situated, and
my guide," he added, looking at Ranald, "speaks no English."
"I hasten to accommodate you," said the clergyman; "your way lies
through that cloistered passage."
"Now, Heaven's blessing upon your vanity!" said the Captain to
himself. "I was afraid I would have had to march off without
Gustavus."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Schoolmistress and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov: to the ceiling; but if one looks more closely, horns and their
shadows, long lean backs, dirty hides, tails, eyes begin to stand
out in the dusk. They are cattle and their shadows. There are
eight of them in the van. Some turn round and stare at the men
and swing their tails. Others try to stand or lie d own more
comfortably. They are crowded. If one lies down the others must
stand and huddle closer. No manger, no halter, no litter, not a
wisp of hay. . . .*
At last the old man pulls out of his pocket a silver watch and
looks at the time: a quarter past two.
"We have been here nearly two hours," he says, yawning. "Better
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Oedipus Trilogy by Sophocles: A horror neither earth nor rain from heaven
Nor light will suffer. Lead him straight within,
For it is seemly that a kinsman's woes
Be heard by kin and seen by kin alone.
OEDIPUS
O listen, since thy presence comes to me
A shock of glad surprise--so noble thou,
And I so vile--O grant me one small boon.
I ask it not on my behalf, but thine.
CREON
And what the favor thou wouldst crave of me?
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