| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Somebody's Little Girl by Martha Young: but Bessie Bell had short golden curls--and the smaller girl said:
``Yes, she is my sister!''
And the larger girl said: ``Yes, she is, too. She is my-own-dear-
sister!''
The smaller little girl shook her black curls and said: ``She is my
own-dear-owny-downy-dear-sister!''
In all of her life Bessie Bell had never heard anything like that.
And all the other little girls who were playing joined in and said:
``Bessie Bell doesn't know what she is talking about. Of course you
are sisters. Everybody knows you are sisters!''
Bessie Bell was distressed to be told that she did not know what she
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy: remaining rook's file.
'There--how stupid! Upon my word, I did not see your rook. Of
course nobody but a fool would have put a queen there knowingly!'
She spoke excitedly, half expecting her antagonist to give her
back the move.
'Nobody, of course,' said Knight serenely, and stretched out his
hand towards his royal victim.
'It is not very pleasant to have it taken advantage of, then,' she
said with some vexation.
'Club laws, I think you said?' returned Knight blandly, and
mercilessly appropriating the queen.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Sarrasine by Honore de Balzac: short skirts, and the pointed, high-heeled slippers of Louis XV.'s
time contributed somewhat, I fancy, to the demoralization of Europe
and the clergy."
"Somewhat!" exclaimed the marchioness. "Have you read nothing, pray?"
"La Zambinella," I continued, smiling, "had boldly crossed her legs,
and as she prattled swung the upper one, a duchess' attitude very well
suited to her capricious type of beauty, overflowing with a certain
attractive suppleness. She had laid aside her stage costume, and wore
a waist which outlined a slender figure, displayed to the best
advantage by a /panier/ and a satin dress embroidered with blue
flowers. Her breast, whose treasures were concealed by a coquettish
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