| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tales and Fantasies by Robert Louis Stevenson: John.
'My dear John,' said she, 'not much!'
He looked at her, and his eye fell. A certain anger rose
within him; here was a Flora he disowned; she was hard; she
was of a set colour; a settled, mature, undecorative manner;
plain of speech, plain of habit - he had come near saying,
plain of face. And this changeling called herself by the
same name as the many-coloured, clinging maid of yore; she of
the frequent laughter, and the many sighs, and the kind,
stolen glances. And to make all worse, she took the upper
hand with him, which (as John well knew) was not the true
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from In a German Pension by Katherine Mansfield: oven to dry.
Herr Brechenmacher yawned and stretched himself, and then looked up at her,
grinning.
"Remember the night that we came home? You were an innocent one, you
were."
"Get along! Such a time ago I forget." Well she remembered.
"Such a clout on the ear as you gave me...But I soon taught you."
"Oh, don't start talking. You've too much beer. Come to bed."
He tilted back in his chair, chuckling with laughter.
"That's not what you said to me that night. God, the trouble you gave me!"
But the little Frau seized the candle and went into the next room. The
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: robber's temple, torn a great piece out of his scalp, and, as
Duane had guessed, had glanced. He was not seriously injured,
and already showed signs of returning consciousness.
"Drag him out of here!" ordered Longstreth; and he turned to
his daughter.
Before the innkeeper reached the robber Duane had secured the
money and gun taken from him; and presently recovered the
property of the other men. Joel helped the innkeeper carry the
injured man somewhere outside.
Miss Longstreth was sitting white but composed upon the couch,
where lay Miss Ruth, who evidently had been carried there by
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