| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Passion in the Desert by Honore de Balzac: "Ah, well! you see, they ended as all great passions do end--by a
misunderstanding. For some reason ONE suspects the other of treason;
they don't come to an explanation through pride, and quarrel and part
from sheer obstinacy."
"Yet sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough--
but anyhow go on with your story."
"It's horribly difficult, but you will understand, after what the old
villain told me over his champagne. He said--'I don't know if I hurt
her, but she turned round, as if enraged, and with her sharp teeth
caught hold of my leg--gently, I daresay; but I, thinking she would
devour me, plunged my dagger into her throat. She rolled over, giving
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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: there.
It was the keeper. He stood in the path like Balaam's ass, barring her
way.
'How's this?' he said in surprise.
'How did you come?' she panted.
'How did you? Have you been to the hut?'
'No! No! I went to Marehay.'
He looked at her curiously, searchingly, and she hung her head a little
guiltily.
'And were you going to the hut now?' he asked rather sternly. 'No! I
mustn't. I stayed at Marehay. No one knows where I am. I'm late. I've
Lady Chatterley's Lover |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Young Forester by Zane Grey: arms without turning. But I wheeled quickly. Bill, too, had his hands high
in the air.
In the sunlight of the doorway stood Jim Williams. Low down, carelessly, it
seemed, he held two long revolvers. He looked the same easy, slow Texan I
remembered. But the smile was not now in his eyes, and his lips were set in
a thin, hard line.
XVI. THE FOREST'S GREATEST FOE
Jim Williams sent out a sharp call. From the canyon-slope came answering
shouts. There were sounds of heavy bodies breaking through brush, followed
by the thudding of feet. Then men could be plainly heard running up the
trail. Jim leaned against the door-post, and the three fellows before him
The Young Forester |
