| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: "What! Both girls?"
"Yes, both" - firmly, not, however, meeting her eyes.
"Hadn't I better stay with them?" she asked. "Have you telephoned
or Dr. Stone?"
"There is no necessity for giving up our little spree," he declared
cheerily. "The girls don't need a physician. They" - with meaning,
"need a mother's care." He picked up her coronation scarf from the
floor where it had slipped and laid it across her bare shoulders;
the action was almost a caress. She made a lovely picture as she
sat in the high-backed carved chair in her chic evening gown, and as
her soft dark eyes met his ardent look, McIntyre felt the hot blood
The Red Seal |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Emma McChesney & Co. by Edna Ferber: with a rueful little laugh.
"I think," she said, "that perhaps you're right, T. A., and
this is the Lord's way of showing me that the world is not quite
ready for this skirt."
"You're not beaten yet, Emma," Buck assured her vigorously.
"How about this new girl--what's her name?--Myrtle. She's one
of those thin, limp ones, isn't she? Try her."
"I will," said Emma. "You're right. I'm not beaten yet.
I've had to fight for everything worth while in my life. I'm
superstitious about it now. When things come easy I'm afraid of
them." Then, to the stock-girl, "Annie, tell Myrtle I want to
Emma McChesney & Co. |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne: assembly became silent. But its silence was more eloquent than
could have been its cries of enthusiasm. The unknown profited
by the opportunity and once more protested:
"You will inevitably kill yourself!" he cried; "and your death
will be that of a madman, useless even to science!"
"Go on, my dear unknown, for truly your prophecies are most agreeable!"
"It really is too much!" cried Michel Ardan's adversary. "I do
not know why I should continue so frivolous a discussion!
Please yourself about this insane expedition! We need not
trouble ourselves about you!"
"Pray don't stand upon ceremony!"
From the Earth to the Moon |
