| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: they were awakened by a shrill scream from beyond the great wall.
It was very high at first, descending gradually until it
ended in a series of dismal moans. It had a strange effect
upon the blacks, almost paralyzing them with terror while
it lasted, and it was an hour before the camp settled
down to sleep once more. In the morning the effects of it
were still visible in the fearful, sidelong glances that the
Waziri continually cast at the massive and forbidding structure
which loomed above them.
It required considerable encouragement and urging on
Tarzan's part to prevent the blacks from abandoning the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Merry Men by Robert Louis Stevenson: shall send for some to-day. My Pharaoh will be gratified to drink
a decent glass; aha! and I shall see if he possesses that acme of
organisation - a palate. If he has a palate, he is perfect.'
'Henri,' she said, shaking her head, 'you are a man; you cannot
understand my feelings; no woman could shake off the memory of so
public a humiliation.' The Doctor could not restrain a titter.
'Pardon me, darling,' he said; 'but really, to the philosophical
intelligence, the incident appears so small a trifle. You looked
extremely well - '
'Henri!' she cried.
'Well, well, I will say no more,' he replied. 'Though, to be sure,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from When the World Shook by H. Rider Haggard: By now Bastin had joined us, and, attracted by my exclamation
and by the attitude of Bickley, who was staring down at the
coffin with a fixed look upon his face, not unlike that of a
pointer when he scents game, he began to contemplate the wonder
within it in his slow way.
"Well, I never!" he said. "Do you think the Glittering Lady in
there is human?"
"The Glittering Lady is dead, but I suppose that she was human
in her life," I answered in an awed whisper.
"Of course she is dead, otherwise she would not be in that
glass coffin. I think I should like to read the Burial Service
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