| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini: plans for you - for us. To-morrow we go to Maure; there is a fair
there to the end of this week. Then on Monday we take our chances
at Pipriac, and after that we must consider. It may be that I am
about to realize the dream of my life. There must have been upwards
of fifteen louis taken to-night. Where the devil is that rascal
Cordemais?"
Cordemais was the name of the original Scaramouche, who had so
unfortunately twisted his ankle. That Binet should refer to him by
his secular designation was a sign that in the Binet company at
least he had fallen for ever from the lofty eminence of Scaramouche.
"Let us go and find him, and then we'll away to the inn and crack a
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain: and harum-scarum, you know. He warn't any more
responsible than a colt. HE never meant any harm,
and he was the best-hearted boy that ever was" -- and
she began to cry.
"It was just so with my Joe -- always full of his
devilment, and up to every kind of mischief, but he
was just as unselfish and kind as he could be -- and
laws bless me, to think I went and whipped him for
taking that cream, never once recollecting that I
throwed it out myself because it was sour, and I never
to see him again in this world, never, never, never, poor
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Lily of the Valley by Honore de Balzac: Your devoted friend,
Natalie de Manerville.
ADDENDUM
The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.
Birotteau, Abbe Francois
Cesar Birotteau
The Vicar of Tours
Blamont-Chauvry, Princesse de
The Thirteen
Madame Firmiani
Brandon, Lady Marie Augusta
The Lily of the Valley |
