| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: in the Scilly Islands, Mr Watts was left alone with the
economist; and that imaginary person had scarce commenced life at
Brighton before the last of his pursuers desisted from the chase.
Mr Finsbury slept soundly after the manifold fatigues of the day.
He rose late, and, after a good breakfast, ordered the bill. Then
it was that he made a discovery which has been made by many
others, both before and since: that it is one thing to order your
bill, and another to discharge it. The items were moderate and
(what does not always follow) the total small; but, after the
most sedulous review of all his pockets, one and nine pence
halfpenny appeared to be the total of the old gentleman's
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Out of Time's Abyss by Edgar Rice Burroughs: in reptilian life was the most noticeable change in the fauna of
northern Caspak. Here, however, were forms they had not met
elsewhere, several of which were of gigantic proportions.
According to their custom all, with the exception of the man on
guard, sought sleep early, nor, once disposed upon the ground for
slumber, were they long in finding it. It seemed to Bradley that
he had scarcely closed his eyes when he was brought to his feet,
wide awake, by a piercing scream which was punctuated by the
sharp report of a rifle from the direction of the fire where
Tippet stood guard. As he ran toward the man, Bradley heard
above him the same uncanny wail that had set every nerve on edge
Out of Time's Abyss |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: Tarbetness, on the eastern side of the point, in a MERE GALE
OR BLAST OF WIND from west-south-west, at 2 p.m. It blew so
fresh that the captain, in a kind of despair, went off to the
ship, leaving myself and the steward ashore. While I was in
the light-room, I felt it shaking and waving, not with the
tremor of the Bell Rock, but with the WAVING OF A TREE! This
the light-keepers seemed to be quite familiar to, the
principal keeper remarking that "it was very pleasant,"
perhaps meaning interesting or curious. The captain worked
the vessel into smooth water with admirable dexterity, and I
got on board again about 6 p.m. from the other side of the
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