| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: their whispers! To be sheltered by Melanie's blind trust, Melanie
of all people!
Scarlett shook as with a chill at the thought. She must have a
drink, a number of drinks before she could lie down and hope to
sleep. She threw a wrapper about her gown and went hastily out
into the dark hall, her backless slippers making a great clatter in
the stillness. She was halfway down the stairs before she looked
toward the closed door of the dining room and saw a narrow line of
light streaming from under it. Her heart stopped for a moment.
Had that light been burning when she came home and had she been too
upset to notice it? Or was Rhett home after all? He could have
Gone With the Wind |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Firm of Nucingen by Honore de Balzac: sprang from the foam on the crests of the ever-rising waves of this
present generation--four pleasant young fellows whose existence was
problematical, since they were not known to possess either stock or
landed estates, yet they lived, and lived well. These ingenious
condottieri of a modern industrialism, that has come to be the most
ruthless of all warfares, leave anxieties to their creditors, and keep
the pleasures for themselves. They are careful for nothing, save
dress. Still with the courage of the Jean Bart order, that will smoke
cigars on a barrel of powder (perhaps by way of keeping up their
character), with a quizzing humor that outdoes the minor newspapers,
sparing no one, not even themselves; clear-sighted, wary, keen after
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Market-Place by Harold Frederic: himself, when he was in England before, for his uncivil
neglect of his brother-in-law. By some absurd chance,
this damned brother-in-law happened to be Gafferson.
It was clear enough that, when he returned to Mexico,
Tavender had written to Gafferson, explaining the unexpected
pressure of business which had taken up all his time
in England. Probably he had been idiot enough to relate
what he of course regarded as the most wonderful piece
of good news--how the worthless concession he had been
deluded into buying had been bought back from him.
As likely as not he had even identified the concession,
The Market-Place |
