| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Emma McChesney & Co. by Edna Ferber: him and tried in vain to remember ever having heard of the South
American's sense of humor. A moment passed. Her heart sank.
Then Senor Pages threw back his fine head and laughed--laughed as
the Latin laughs, emphasizing his mirth with many ejaculations
and gestures.
"Ah, you Northerners! You are too quick for us. Come; I myself
must see this garment which you honor by selling." His glance
rested approvingly on Emma McChesney's trim, smart figure.
"That which you sell, it must be quite right."
"I not only sell it," said Emma McChesney; "I wear it."
"That--how is it you Northerners say?--ah, yes--that settles
Emma McChesney & Co. |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Catherine de Medici by Honore de Balzac: Lewiston from the opposite ranks of Queen Mary's maids.
"What are you reading there, madame?" asked Amyot of the Comtesse de
Fiesque.
"'Amadis de Gaule,' by the Seigneur des Essarts, commissary in
ordinary to the king's artillery," she replied.
"A charming work," remarked the beautiful girl who was afterwards so
celebrated under the name of Fosseuse when she was lady of honor to
Queen Marguerite of Navarre.
"The style is a novelty in form," said Amyot. "Do you accept such
barbarisms?" he added, addressing Brantome.
"They please the ladies, you know," said Brantome, crossing over to
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw: LORD SUMMERHAYS. Oh yes: they exist everywhere: they are a most
serious modern problem.
GUNNER. Yes. Youre right. _[Conceitedly]_ I'm a problem. And I
tell you that when we clerks realize that we're problems! well, look
out: thats all.
LORD SUMMERHAYS. _[suavely, to Gunner]_ You read a great deal, you
say?
GUNNER. Ive read more than any man in this room, if the truth were
known, I expect. Thats whats going to smash up your Capitalism. The
problems are beginning to read. Ha! We're free to do that here in
England. What would you do with me in Jinghiskahn if you had me
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