| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy: 'What is that level line of little sparkles--a town, I suppose?'
'That's Dover.'
All this time, and later, soft sheet lightning expanded from a
cloud in their path, enkindling their faces as they paced up and
down, shining over the water, and, for a moment, showing the
horizon as a keen line.
Elfride slept soundly that night. Her first thought the next
morning was the thrilling one that Knight was as close at hand as
when they were at home at Endelstow, and her first sight, on
looking out of the cabin window, was the perpendicular face of
Beachy Head, gleaming white in a brilliant six-o'clock-in-the-
A Pair of Blue Eyes |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Child of Storm by H. Rider Haggard: King. As to the private cloud whereof this history tells, it was
otherwise.
As the tribes came up to the Great Place they were reviewed and sent
away, since it was impossible to feed so vast a multitude as would have
collected had they all remained. Thus the Amasomi, a small people who
were amongst the first to arrive, soon left. Only, for some reason
which I never quite understood, Masapo, Mameena and a few of Masapo's
children and headmen were detained there; though perhaps, if she had
chosen, Mameena could have given an explanation.
Well, things began to happen. Sundry personages were taken ill, and
some of them died suddenly; and soon it was noted that all these people
Child of Storm |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: we can only do as we deem best. What else have we to hope for,
except the pity of the good God?"
Lord Godalming had slipped away for a few minutes, but now he returned.
He held up a little silver whistle, as he remarked, "That old place
may be full of rats, and if so, I've got an antidote on call."
Having passed the wall, we took our way to the house, taking care to keep
in the shadows of the trees on the lawn when the moonlight shone out.
When we got to the porch the Professor opened his bag and took out a lot
of things, which he laid on the step, sorting them into four little groups,
evidently one for each. Then he spoke.
"My friends, we are going into a terrible danger, and we need
Dracula |
