| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from McTeague by Frank Norris: right in and see her, and have it over with. Now, don't say
another word. I'm going; but you do just as I tell you."
Trina turned about and went down-stairs. She had decided,
since Miss Baker was not at home, that she would run over
and see Maria; possibly she could have lunch there. At any
rate, Maria would offer her a cup of tea.
Old Grannis stood for a long time just as Trina had
left him, his hands trembling, the blood coming and going in
his withered cheeks.
"She said, she--she--she told her--she said that--that----"
he could get no farther.
McTeague |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence: Connie, you won't let circumstances force you into being a
demi-vierge.'
'A demi-vierge!' replied Connie vaguely. 'Why? Why not?'
'Unless you like it, of course!' said her father hastily. To Clifford
he said the same, when the two men were alone: 'I'm afraid it doesn't
quite suit Connie to be a demi-vierge.'
'A half-virgin!' replied Clifford, translating the phrase to be sure of it.
He thought for a moment, then flushed very red. He was angry and
offended.
'In what way doesn't it suit her?' he asked stiffly.
'She's getting thin...angular. It's not her style. She's not the
Lady Chatterley's Lover |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo: Recovering from his somewhat bewildering sense of loss, Alfred,
too, was now beginning to sit up and take notice.
"What luncheon?" he demanded.
Zoie gazed from Alfred to Aggie, then at Jimmy, then resolving to
make a clean breast of the matter, she sidled toward Alfred with
her most ingratiating manner.
"Now, Alfred," she purred, as she endeavoured to act one arm
about his unsuspecting neck, "if you'll only listen, I'll tell
you the REAL TRUTH."
A wild despairing cry from Alfred, a dash toward the door by
Jimmy, and a determined effort on Aggie's part to detain her
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