| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from In a German Pension by Katherine Mansfield: "Lots and lots of things!" She wanted to push him out of the room and slam
the door on him--idiot--fool--cruel disappointment.
"What's she frowning for?" he asked. "Is she worried about anything?"
Suddenly serious: "I say--you know, are you in any financial difficulty?
Do you want money? I'll give it to you if you like!"
"Money! Steady on the brake--don't lose your head!"--so she spoke to
herself.
"I'll give you two hundred marks if you'll kiss me."
"Oh, boo! What a condition! And I don't want to kiss you--I don't like
kissing. Please go!"
"Yes--you do!--yes, you do." He caught hold of her arms above the elbows.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Heroes by Charles Kingsley: things, and courted Jason more and more, speaking to him as
if he was certain to be his heir, and asking his advice about
the kingdom; till Jason, who was young and simple, could not
help saying to himself, 'Surely he is not the dark man whom
people call him. Yet why did he drive my father out?' And
he asked Pelias boldly, 'Men say that you are terrible, and a
man of blood; but I find you a kind and hospitable man; and
as you are to me, so will I be to you. Yet why did you drive
my father out?'
Pelias smiled, and sighed. 'Men have slandered me in that,
as in all things. Your father was growing old and weary, and
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: of the 12th, got to Paris the same night, and took the places
secured for us in the Orient Express. We traveled night
and day, arriving here at about five o'clock. Lord Godalming
went to the Consulate to see if any telegram had arrived
for him, whilst the rest of us came on to this hotel,
"the Odessus." The journey may have had incidents.
I was, however, too eager to get on, to care for them.
Until the Czarina Catherine comes into port there will
be no interest for me in anything in the wide world.
Thank God! Mina is well, and looks to be getting stronger.
Her color is coming back. She sleeps a great deal.
Dracula |
