| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from In a German Pension by Katherine Mansfield: laughed when they were looking for a house. By Jove! that laugh of hers!
At the memory he grinned, then grew suddenly grave. Marriage certainly
changed a woman far more than it did a man. Talk about sobering down. She
had lost all her go in two months! Well, once this boy business was over
she'd get stronger. He began to plan a little trip for them. He'd take
her away and they'd loaf about together somewhere. After all, dash it,
they were young still. She'd got into a groove; he'd have to force her out
of it, that's all.
He got up and went into the drawing-room, carefully shut the door and took
Anna's photograph from the top of the piano. She wore a white dress with a
big bow of some soft stuff under the chin, and stood, a little stiffly,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Contrast by Royall Tyler: me at this moment. I declare, if I were going to be
married in a few days, as you are, I should scarce
have found time to visit my friends.
MARIA
Do you think, then, that there is an impropriety in
it?--How should you dispose of your time?
CHARLOTTE
Why, I should be shut up in my chamber; and my
head would so run upon--upon--upon the solemn
ceremony that I was to pass through!--I declare, it
would take me above two hours merely to learn that
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honore de Balzac: "Nothing, my friend," replied Theodose.
"What! nothing? I certainly allowed you time enough to decide the
matter."
"Well, as to that, something is decided. There will not be any
principal tenant at all; Mademoiselle Brigitte is going to let the
house herself."
"That's a singular thing," said Cerizet, stiffly. "After your
agreement with me, I certainly did not expect such a result as this."
"How can I help it, my dear fellow? I agreed with you, barring
amendments on the other side; I wasn't able to give another turn to
the affair. In her natural character as a managing woman and a sample
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