| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart: be synchronous kept me uneasy. He produced and dilated on the scrap
of pillow slip from the wreck, and showed me the stiletto, with its
point in cotton batting for safekeeping. And in the intervals he
implored Richey not to make such fine calculations at the corners.
We were all grave enough and very quiet, however, when we reached
the large building where Mrs. Conway had her apartment. McKnight
left the power on, in case we might want to make a quick get-away,
and Hotchkiss gave a final look at the revolver. I had no weapon.
Somehow it all seemed melodramatic to the verge of farce. In the
doorway Hotchkiss was a half dozen feet ahead; Richey fell back
beside me. He dropped his affectation of gayety, and I thought
The Man in Lower Ten |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll: it they sidled a little farther off, and whenever he waved his hat they
all raised a hoarse cheer. "Hoo-roah!" they cried, carefully keeping
time with the hat as it bobbed up and down. "Hoo-roah! Noo! Consti!
Tooshun! Less! Bread! More! Taxes!"
"That'll do, that'll do!" the Chancellor whispered. "Let 'em rest a bit
till I give you the word. He's not here yet!" But at this moment the
great folding-doors of the saloon were flung open, and he turned with a
guilty start to receive His High Excellency. However it was only Bruno,
and the Chancellor gave a little gasp of relieved anxiety.
"Morning!" said the little fellow, addressing the remark, in a general
sort of way, to the Chancellor and the waiters. "Doos oo know where
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne: Your interest is the same as mine; for it is only in England
that you will ascertain whether you are in the service of a criminal
or an honest man."
Passepartout listened very attentively to Fix,
and was convinced that he spoke with entire good faith.
"Are we friends?" asked the detective.
"Friends?--no," replied Passepartout; "but allies, perhaps.
At the least sign of treason, however, I'll twist your neck for you."
"Agreed," said the detective quietly.
Eleven days later, on the 3rd of December, the General Grant
entered the bay of the Golden Gate, and reached San Francisco.
Around the World in 80 Days |
