| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Ball at Sceaux by Honore de Balzac: habit of frequenting drawing-rooms, and I am ready to lay a bet with
you that the young man is of noble birth."
"You had not long to study him."
"No, but it is not the first time I have seen him."
"Nor is it the first time you have looked for him," replied the
admiral with a laugh.
Emilie colored. Her uncle amused himself for some time with her
embarrassment; then he said: "Emilie, you know that I love you as my
own child, precisely because you are the only member of the family who
has the legitimate pride of high birth. Devil take it, child, who
could have believed that sound principles would become so rare? Well,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: "Swim! I never met a better swimmer."
And thereat, solicited by Joan, Tudor narrated the wreck of the
Huahine; while Sheldon smoked and pondered, and decided that
whatever the man's shortcomings were, he was at least not a liar.
CHAPTER XV--A DISCOURSE ON MANNERS
The days passed, and Tudor seemed loath to leave the hospitality of
Berande. Everything was ready for the start, but he lingered on,
spending much time in Joan's company and thereby increasing the
dislike Sheldon had taken to him. He went swimming with her, in
point of rashness exceeding her; and dynamited fish with her,
diving among the hungry ground-sharks and contesting with them for
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart: lend me twenty dollars? I'll get my allowance on Tuesday."
"I can give you ten."
"Well, ask mother for the rest, won't you? You needn't say it's
for me. I'll give it to you Tuesday."
"I'm not going to mother, Nina. She has had a lot of expenses this
month."
"Then I'll borrow it from Wallie Sayre," Nina said, accepting her
defeat cheerfully. "If it was an ordinary bill it could wait, but
I lost it at bridge last night and it's got to be paid."
"You oughtn't to play bridge for money," Elizabeth said, a bit
primly. "And if Leslie knew you borrowed from Wallace Sayre - "
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