| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Case of The Lamp That Went Out by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: shook his gaunt but strong-muscled frame.
"When did I murder anybody?" he gasped finally in a hoarse croak.
"You'll have to prove it to me that I am a murderer."
"That is easily proved. Here is one of the proofs," said Riedan
coldly, pointing to the purse. "The purse and the watch of the
murdered man are fatal witnesses against you."
"The watch? I haven't any watch. Where should I get a watch?"
"You didn't have one until Monday, possibly; I can believe that.
But you were in possession of a watch between the evening of Monday,
the 27th, and the morning of Wednesday, the 29th."
Knoll's eyes dropped again and he did not trust himself to speak.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Arrow of Gold by Joseph Conrad: "Yes, three; but not counting my Jacobin. There is a Jacobin in
the house."
"A Jac . . .! Oh, George, is this the time to jest?" she began in
persuasive tones when a faint but peculiar noise stilled her lips
as though they had been suddenly frozen. She became quiet all over
instantly. I, on the contrary, made an involuntary movement before
I, too, became as still as death. We strained our ears; but that
peculiar metallic rattle had been so slight and the silence now was
so perfect that it was very difficult to believe one's senses.
Dona Rita looked inquisitively at me. I gave her a slight nod. We
remained looking into each other's eyes while we listened and
The Arrow of Gold |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: call. Guided by her voice, he had just in time reached Ivan
Ogareff's room, and entered by the open door.
"Fear nothing, Nadia," said he, placing himself between
her and Ogareff.
"Ah!" cried the girl, "take care, brother! The traitor
is armed! He can see!"
Ogareff rose, and, thinking he had an immeasurable ad-
vantage over the blind man leaped upon him. But with
one hand, the blind man grasped the arm of his enemy,
seized his weapon, and hurled him again to the ground.
Pale with rage and shame, Ogareff remembered that he
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