| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo: a word.
Only, M. Gillenormand said in a low voice and as though speaking
to himself:--
"It is the slasher's handwriting."
The aunt examined the paper, turned it about in all directions,
then put it back in its case.
At the same moment a little oblong packet, enveloped in blue paper,
fell from one of the pockets of the great-coat. Mademoiselle
Gillenormand picked it up and unfolded the blue paper.
It contained Marius' hundred cards. She handed one of them
to M. Gillenormand, who read: Le Baron Marius Pontmercy.
Les Miserables |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Village Rector by Honore de Balzac: A Bachelor's Establishment
The Secrets of a Princess
The Government Clerks
Pierrette
A Study of Woman
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
Honorine
The Seamy Side of History
The Magic Skin
A Second Home
A Prince of Bohemia
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Roads of Destiny by O. Henry: joined with another and a larger road at right angles. David
stood, uncertain, for a while, and then took the road to the
left./
Upon this more important highway were, imprinted in the dust, wheel
tracks left by the recent passage of some vehicle. Some half an hour
later these traces were verified by the sight of a ponderous carriage
mired in a little brook at the bottom of a steep hill. The driver and
postilions were shouting and tugging at the horses' bridles. On the
road at one side stood a huge, black-clothed man and a slender lady
wrapped in a long, light cloak.
David saw the lack of skill in the efforts of the servants. He quietly
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