| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Vision Splendid by William MacLeod Raine: her soft body clung to his. The emotional climax he had vaguely
feared had leaped upon them like an uncaged tiger. He fought to
stamp down the fires that blazed up in him. Time to think--he must
have time to think.
"You don't despise me then," she cried softly, a little catch in
her breath.
"No," he protested, and again "No."
"But you think I've done wrong."
"No. I've been to blame. You're a dear girl--and I've abused your
kindness. I must go away--now."
"Then you--you do hate me," she accused with a quivering lip.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: rebellious at having to go so early.
He remembered how the next morning, looking out of a window high
up under the eaves, he saw a great troop of horsemen come riding
into the courtyard beneath, where a powdering of snow had
whitened everything, and of how the leader, a knight clad in
black armor, dismounted and entered the great hall door-way
below, followed by several of the band.
He remembered how some of the castle women were standing in a
frightened group upon the landing of the stairs, talking together
in low voices about a matter he did not understand, excepting
that the armed men who had ridden into the courtyard had come for
Men of Iron |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Whirligigs by O. Henry: that looked upon the world with the ingenuous calmness
of a mermaid or the pixie of an undiscovered mountain
stream. Her frame was strong and yet possessed the
grace of absolute naturalness. And yet with all her North-
ern clearness and frankness of line and colouring, there
seemed to be something of the tropics in her -- something
of languor in the droop of her pose, of love of ease in her
ingenious complacency of satisfaction and comfort in
the mere act of breathing -- something that seemed to
claim for her a right as a perfect work of nature to exist
and be admired equally with a rare flower or some beauti-
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