| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker: Columba is the Latin for dove, the dove became a sort of
signification of the nunnery. She seized on the idea and made the
newly-founded nunnery a house of doves. Someone sent her a freshly-
discovered dove, a sort of carrier, but which had in the white
feathers of its head and neck the form of a religious cowl. The
nunnery flourished for more than a century, when, in the time of
Penda, who was the reactionary of heathendom, it fell into decay.
In the meantime the doves, protected by religious feeling, had
increased mightily, and were known in all Catholic communities.
When King Offa ruled in Mercia, about a hundred and fifty years
later, he restored Christianity, and under its protection the
Lair of the White Worm |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: tunity of escape, desisted from her efforts to break from the
grasp of Prince Metak as the fellow fled with her through the
dimly lighted corridors of the palace. Through many cham-
bers the prince fled, bearing his prize. It was evident to the
girl that, though her captor was the king's son, he was not
above capture and punishment for his deeds, as otherwise he
would not have shown such evident anxiety to escape with
her, as well as from the results of his act.
From the fact that he was constantly turning affrighted
eyes behind them, and glancing suspiciously into every nook
and corner that they passed, she guessed that the prince's
Tarzan the Untamed |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Finished by H. Rider Haggard: translated, leaving out the last sentence.
"Say to her that I am grateful who have few friends, and that I
will fear her no more," said Heda.
Again I translated, whereon Nombe stretched out her hand,
saying--
"Let her not scorn to take it, it is clean. It has brought no
man to his death--" Here she looked at Heda meaningly.
"Moreover, though she is white and I am black, I like herself am
of high blood and come of a race of warriors who did nothing
small, and lastly, we are of an age, and if she is beautiful, I
am wise and have gifts great as her own."
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