| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Foolish Virgin by Thomas Dixon: money. The struggle waked me and I rushed in. She
gripped her knife to kill me. I told her that she had
murdered her own son and she went mad----"
She paused for breath and her lips trembled
piteously.
"You know what to do, Doctor?"
"Yes!"
"And you'll help me?"
He smiled tenderly and nodded his head.
"God knows you need it, child!"
The nerves snapped at last, and she sank a limp
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Whirligigs by O. Henry: provable had been fixed upon him. Ortiz languished
cozily in jail, smoking brown cigarettes and waiting for
trial. Kilpatrick, the deputy, brought the counterfeit
dollar and handed it to the district attorney in his office
in the court-house. The deputy and a reputable druggist
were prepared to swear that Ortiz paid for a bottle of
medicine with it. The coin was a poor counterfeit, soft,
dull-looking, and made principally of lead. It was the
day before the morning on which the docket would reach
the case of Ortiz, and the district attorney was preparing
himself for trial.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: "And he killed white men!" interrupted Nina.
"I regret to say they were white. Yes, two white men lost their
lives through that scoundrel's freak."
"Two only!" exclaimed Nina.
The officer looked at her in amazement.
"Why! why! You- " he stammered, confused.
"There might have been more," interrupted Nina. "And when you
get this--this scoundrel will you go?"
The lieutenant, still speechless, bowed his assent.
"Then I would get him for you if I had to seek him in a burning
fire," she burst out with intense energy. "I hate the sight of
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