| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie: Dorcas answered it in due course.
"Dorcas, will you tell Manning to come round and speak to me
here."
"Yes, sir."
Dorcas withdrew.
We waited in a tense silence. Poirot alone seemed perfectly at
his ease, and dusted a forgotten corner of the bookcase.
The clumping of hobnailed boots on the gravel outside proclaimed
the approach of Manning. John looked questioningly at Poirot.
The latter nodded.
"Come inside, Manning," said John, "I want to speak to you."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson: Till Edyrn crying, 'If ye will not go
To Arthur, then will Arthur come to you,'
'Enough,' he said, 'I follow,' and they went.
But Enid in their going had two fears,
One from the bandit scattered in the field,
And one from Edyrn. Every now and then,
When Edyrn reined his charger at her side,
She shrank a little. In a hollow land,
From which old fires have broken, men may fear
Fresh fire and ruin. He, perceiving, said:
'Fair and dear cousin, you that most had cause
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson: compare him to be anything but a FARCEUR and a DILETTANTE. The two
schools of working do, and should, lead to the choice of different
subjects. But that is a consequence, not a cause. See my chaotic
note, which will appear, I fancy, in November in Henley's sheet.
Poor Ferrier, it bust me horrid. He was, after you, the oldest of
my friends.
I am now very tired, and will go to bed having prelected freely.
Fanny will finish.
R. L. S.
Letter: TO THOMAS STEVENSON
LA SOLITUDE, HYERES-LES-PALMIERS, VAR, 12TH OCTOBER 1883.
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