| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne: staircase, and as gently sloping as those inclined planes which in
some old houses are still found instead of flights of steps. And so
we went on until 12.17, the, precise moment when we overtook Hans,
who had stopped.
"Ah! here we are," exclaimed my uncle, "at the very end of the
chimney."
I looked around me. We were standing at the intersection of two
roads, both dark and narrow. Which were we to take? This was a
difficulty.
Still my uncle refused to admit an appearance of hesitation, either
before me or the guide; he pointed out the Eastern tunnel, and we
Journey to the Center of the Earth |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: forward toward the count.
"No, monsieur," said De Coude. "I will submit to a search
only at the hands of a gentleman."
"It is unnecessary to search the count. The cards are in
his pocket. I myself saw them placed there."
All turned in surprise toward this new speaker, to behold
a very well-built young man urging a resisting captive toward
them by the scruff of his neck.
"It is a conspiracy," cried De Coude angrily. "There are no
cards in my coat," and with that he ran his hand into his
pocket. As he did so tense silence reigned in the little group.
The Return of Tarzan |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne: this minister. Couldst thou surely tell, Hester, whether he was
the same man that encountered thee on the forest path?"
"Madam, I know not of what you speak," answered Hester Prynne,
feeling Mistress Hibbins to be of infirm mind; yet strangely
startled and awe-stricken by the confidence with which she
affirmed a personal connexion between so many persons (herself
among them) and the Evil One. "It is not for me to talk lightly
of a learned and pious minister of the Word, like the Reverend
Mr. Dimmesdale. "
The Scarlet Letter |
