| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: lawful for them, nor are the men lawful for these;- but give them what
they have expended, and it shall be no crime against you that ye marry
them, when ye have given them their hire. And do not ye retain a right
over misbelieving women; but ask for what ye have spent, and let
them ask for what they have spent. That is God's judgment: He judges
between you, for God is knowing, wise!
And if any of your wives escape from you to the misbelievers, and
your turn comes, then give to those whose wives have gone away the
like of what they have spent; and fear God, in whom it is that ye
believe.
O thou prophet! when believing women come to thee and engage with
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Verses 1889-1896 by Rudyard Kipling: They'll give him leave, if you ask 'em and say it's business o' mine.
I built three boats for the Maoris, an' very well pleased they were,
An' I've known Mac since the Fifties, and Mac knew me -- and her.
After the first stroke warned me I sent him the money to keep
Against the time you'd claim it, committin' your dad to the deep;
For you are the son o' my body, and Mac was my oldest friend,
I've never asked 'im to dinner, but he'll see it out to the end.
Stiff-necked Glasgow beggar, I've heard he's prayed for my soul,
But he couldn't lie if you paid him, and he'd starve before he stole!
He'll take the ~Mary~ in ballast -- you'll find her a lively ship;
And you'll take Sir Anthony Gloster, that goes on 'is wedding-trip,
Verses 1889-1896 |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: known that old Nicky Viner had money, for, according to the code
message, Perlmer prepared a fake set of affidavits and forged a
chain of fake evidence with which he had blackmailed Nicky Viner
ever since; and Nicky Viner, known as a dissolute, shady character,
innocent enough of the crime, but afraid because his possession of
money if made public would tell against him, and frightened because
he had already been arrested once on suspicion for that very crime,
had whimpered - and paid. And then, somehow, Danglar and the gang
had discovered that the old, seedy, stoop-shouldered, bearded,
down-at-the-heels Nicky Viner was not all that he seemed; that he
was a miser, and had a hoard of fifty thousand dollars - and Danglar
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