| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker: lub. Me give him to you!"
Still anxious to keep off the subject of affection, on which she
believed him to have become crazed, she made another effort to keep
his mind elsewhere.
"Is this why you want to see me?" He nodded. "Then come round to
the other door. But be quiet. I have no desire to be seen so close
to my own house in conversation with a--a--a nigger like you!"
She had chosen the word deliberately. She wished to meet his
passion with another kind. Such would, at all events, help to keep
him quiet. In the deep gloom she could not see the anger which
suffused his face. Rolling eyeballs and grinding teeth are,
Lair of the White Worm |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: other that I am thinking."
"Ah, the other," she repeated. "Then, what about my thoughts?
Luckily we have Mr. d'Alcacer. I shall speak to him first."
She turned away from the rail and moved toward the Cage.
"Jorgenson," the voice of Lingard resounded all along the deck,
"get a light on the gangway." Then he followed Mrs. Travers
slowly.
VI
D'Alcacer, after receiving his warning, stepped back and leaned
against the edge of the table. He could not ignore in himself a
certain emotion. And indeed, when he had asked Mrs. Travers for a
The Rescue |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad: Mr. Sterne, who took the watch from four to six, and
then went below to hug himself with delight at the pros-
pect of being virtually employed by a rich man--like
Mr. Van Wyk. He could not see how any hitch could
occur now. He did not seem able to get over the feeling
of being "fixed up at last." From six to eight, in the
course of duty, the Serang looked alone after the ship.
She had a clear road before her now till about three in
the morning, when she would close with the Pangu
group. At eight Mr. Sterne came out cheerily to take
charge again till midnight. At ten he was still chir-
End of the Tether |
