| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan by Honore de Balzac: author and on the assailants of the princess, awaiting the conclusion
of that horrible silence.
"But," said d'Arthez, with sarcastic airiness, "Madame la Princesse de
Cadignan has one advantage over men: when they have put themselves in
danger for her sake, she saves them, and says no harm of any one.
Among the multitude, why shouldn't there be one woman who amuses
herself with men as men amuse themselves with women? Why not allow the
fair sex to take, from time to time, its revenge?"
"Genius is stronger than wit," said Blondet to Nathan.
This broadside of sarcasms was in fact the discharge of a battery of
cannons against a platoon of musketry. When coffee was served, Blondet
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Muse of the Department by Honore de Balzac: and his daughter are caught, nabbed----"
And, to her great amazement, Dinah discovered Etienne performing a
prohibited dance.
"Your arrival and our happiness have turned my head with joy," said
he, to explain this crazy mood.
"And I had fancied you had ceased to love me!" exclaimed the poor
woman, dropping the handbag she was carrying, and weeping with joy as
she sank into a chair.
"Make yourself at home, my darling," said Etienne, laughing in his
sleeve; "I must write two lines to excuse myself from a bachelor
party, for I mean to devote myself to you. Give your orders; you are
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: what the sensation must be to have done such a thing. I
should feel terribly, but I don't. They were firing at you,
trying to shoot you in the back while you were defenseless.
I am not sorry--I cannot be; but I only wish that it had
been Captain Maenck."
In a short time Barney reached the bank and, helping the
girl up, climbed to her side. A couple of shots followed
them as they left the river, but did not fall dangerously
near. Barney took the carbine and replied, then both of
them disappeared into the wood.
For the balance of the day they tramped on in the
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