| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Ebb-Tide by Stevenson & Osbourne: Herrick.
An hour later, the Farallone was under all plain sail, the
rudder hard a-port, and the cheerfully clanking windlass had
brought the anchor home.
'All clear, sir,' cried Herrick from the bow.
The captain met her with the wheel, as she bounded like a
stag from her repose, trembling and bending to the puffs. The
guard boat gave a parting hail, the wake whitened and ran out;
the Farallone was under weigh.
Her berth had been close to the pass. Even as she forged
ahead Davis slewed her for the channel between the pier ends of
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Illustrious Gaudissart by Honore de Balzac: the stroke with the mechanical precision of the figures which are made
to move by springs in the German toys. He would then advance slowly
towards the players, give them a glance like the automatic gaze of the
Greeks and Turks exhibited on the Boulevard du Temple, and say
sternly, "Go away!" There were days when he had lucid intervals and
could give his wife excellent advice as to the sale of their wines;
but at such times he became extremely annoying, and would ransack her
closets and steal her delicacies, which he devoured in secret.
Occasionally, when the usual visitors made their appearance he would
treat them with civility; but as a general thing his remarks and
replies were incoherent. For instance, a lady once asked him, "How do
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: "Why, yes," Diana snapped, contemptuous. "The only truth is that Richard
is afraid."
Ruth shivered. "Ah, no," she pleaded - she knew how true was the
impeachment. "Don't say it, Diana."
"It matters little that I say it," snorted Diana impatiently. "It is
a truth proclaimed by the first glance at him."
"He is in poor health, perhaps," said Ruth, seeking miserably to excuse
him.
"Aye," said Diana. "He's suffering from an ague - the result of a lack
of courage. That he should so have spoken to you! Give me patience,
Heaven!"
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