| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Night and Day by Virginia Woolf: constituents? That's a hint of the sort of thing we've got to meet,
Miss Datchet."
He handed her a great bundle of newspaper cuttings, and, begging her
to give him her views upon the yellow leaflet before lunch-time, he
turned with alacrity to his different sheets of paper and his
different bottles of ink.
Mary shut the door, laid the documents upon her table, and sank her
head on her hands. Her brain was curiously empty of any thought. She
listened, as if, perhaps, by listening she would become merged again
in the atmosphere of the office. From the next room came the rapid
spasmodic sounds of Mrs. Seal's erratic typewriting; she, doubtless,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. Irving: afterwards at No. 3 Rue Tronson-Ducoudray is best described in
the statement made by Eyraud at his trial.
"At a quarter past eight there was a ring at the bell. I hid
myself behind the curtain. Gouffe came in. `You've a nice
little nest here,' he said. `Yes, a fancy of mine,' replied
Gabrielle, `Eyraud knows nothing about it.' `Oh, you're tired of
him,' asked Gouffe. `Yes,' she replied, `that's all over.'
Gabrielle drew Gouffe down on to the chair. She showed him
the cord of her dressing-gown and said that a wealthy admirer had
given it to her. `Very elegant,' said Gouffe, `but I didn't
come here to see that.'
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Human Drift by Jack London: we caught glimpses of railroad construction and of great concrete
bridges in the course of building, which advertised that at least
Humboldt County was going to be linked to the rest of the world.
We still consider our trip is just begun. As soon as this is
mailed from Eureka, it's heigh ho! for the horses and pull on. We
shall continue up the coast, turn in for Hoopa Reservation and the
gold mines, and shoot down the Trinity and Klamath rivers in
Indian canoes to Requa. After that, we shall go on through Del
Norte County and into Oregon. The trip so far has justified us in
taking the attitude that we won't go home until the winter rains
drive us in. And, finally, I am going to try the experiment of
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