| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from When a Man Marries by Mary Roberts Rinehart: It was then that the real complexity of the situation began to
develop. Some one had rung the bell and been admitted to the
library and a maid came to the door of the den. When she saw us
she stopped uncertainly. Even then it struck me that she looked
odd, and she was not in uniform. However, I was not informed at
that time about bachelor establishments, and the first thing she
said, when she had asked to speak to me in the hall, knocked her
and her clothes clear out of my head. Evidently she knew me.
"Miss McNair," she said in a low tone. "There is a lady in the
drawing room, a veiled person, and she is asking for Mr. Wilson."
"Can you not find him?" I asked. "He is in the house, probably in
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Mansion by Henry van Dyke: a living man among the blessed dead. Would it be right for him
to go
with them into the heavenly city? Would it not be a deception,
a desecration, a deep and unforgivable offense? The strange,
confusing question had no reason in it, as he very well knew;
for if he was dreaming, then it was all a dream; but if his
companions
were real, then he also was with them in reality, and if they had
died
then he must have died too. Yet he could not rid his mind of
the sense that there was a difference between them and him,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Virginian by Owen Wister: strong as iron. Never stumbles. And he don't never go to jumpin'
with yu'. He's kind and he's smart." And the master petted his
pony, who lifted a hoof for another handshake.
Of course Balaam had never thought the leg was sprung, and he now
took on an unprejudiced air of wanting to believe Shorty's
statements if he only could.
"Maybe there's two years' work left in that leg," he now
observed.
"Better give your hawss away, Shorty," said the Virginian.
"Is this your deal, my friend?" inquired Balaam. And he slanted
his bullet head at the Virginian.
The Virginian |
