| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: them a',--but ye ne'er can hae sae sair a heart as mine, for ye
ne'er lost nae Grace Armstrong. And now my last hopes are gane,
and I shall ne'er see her mair."
This he said in the tone of deepest emotion--and there followed a
long pause, for the mention of his bride's name had overcome the
more angry and irritable feelings of poor Hobbie. Ere he had
again addressed the Solitary, the bony hand and long fingers of
the latter, holding a large leathern bag, was thrust forth at the
small window, and as it unclutched the burden, and let it drop
with a clang upon the ground, his harsh voice again addressed
Elliot.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: round this ranch. I'm going to send Nell East to her mother. Then
I'll-- See here, Mr. Gale, would you mind having Nell with you
part way when you go home?"
"We'd all be delighted to have her go all the way and make us a
visit," replied Mr. Gale.
"That's fine. And you'll be going soon? Don't take that as if I
wanted to--" Belding paused, for the truth was that he did want
to hurry them off.
"We would have been gone before this, but for you," said Mr. Gale.
"Long ago we gave up hope of--of Richard ever returning. And I
believe, now we're sure he was lost, that we'd do well to go home
Desert Gold |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Hero of Our Time by M.Y. Lermontov: myself to the fortress, Phanagoriya, in order to
ascertain from the Commandant at what hour
I should depart for Gelenjik.
But the Commandant, alas! could not give
me any definite information. The vessels lying
in the harbour were all either guard-ships or
merchant-vessels which had not yet even begun
to take in lading.
"Maybe in about three or four days' time a
mail-boat will come in," said the Commandant,
"and then we shall see."
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