| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas: guilders may have tempted her."
"And so she claims the tulip?"
"Yes Monseigneur."
"And what proof does she offer?"
"I was just going to question her when your Highness came
in."
"Question her, Mynheer van Systens, question her. I am the
first magistrate of the country; I will hear the case and
administer justice."
"I have found my King Solomon," said Van Systens, bowing,
and showing the way to the Prince.
The Black Tulip |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Young Forester by Zane Grey: stunned. But he came to presently.
"What struck me?" he asked.
"Oh, nothin'," replied Bud, derisively. "The loft up thar's full of air,
an' it blowed on you, thet's all."
Buell got up, and began walking around.
"Bill, go out an' fetch in some long poles," he said.
When Bill returned with a number of sharp, bayonet-like pikes I knew the
game was all up for me. Several of the men began to prod through the thin
covering of dry brush. One of them reached me, and struck so hard that I
lurched violently.
That was too much for the rickety loft floor. It was only a bit of brush
The Young Forester |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson: DEAR CHARLES, - Doubtless, if all goes well, towards the 1st of
August we shall be begging at your door. Thanks for a sight of the
papers, which I return (you see) at once, fearing further
responsibility.
Glad you like Dauvit; but eh, man, yon's terrible strange conduc'
o' thon man Rankeillor. Ca' him a legal adviser! It would make a
bonny law-shuit, the Shaws case; and yon paper they signed, I'm
thinking, wouldnae be muckle thought o' by Puggy Deas. - Yours
ever,
R. L. S.
Letter: TO THOMAS STEVENSON
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