| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: breathed a prayer of thanks that Richard had chosen to put that letter
to such a use as this. He knew himself checkmated; but he was a man who
knew how to bear defeat in a becoming manner. He turned suddenly.
"The letter is in your hands?" he inquired.
"It is," she answered.
"May I see it?" he asked.
She shook her head - not daring to show it or betray its whereabouts
lest he should use force to become possessed of it - a thing, indeed,
that was very far from his purpose.
He considered a moment, his mind intent now rather upon the Duke's
interest than his own.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Royalty Restored/London Under Charles II by J. Fitzgerald Molloy: concourse of souldiers and people, is a singular and diverting
thing. There are also deere of several countries, white, spotted
like leopards; antelopes, an elk, red deere, roebucks, staggs,
Guinea goates, Arabian sheepe, etc. There are withy-potts or
nests for the wild fowle to lay their eggs in, a little above ye
surface of ye water."
Hyde Park, lying close by, likewise afforded a pleasant and
convenient spot for recreation. Here, in a large circle railed
off and known as the Ring, the world of quality and fashion took
the air in coaches. The king and queen, surrounded by a goodly
throng of maids of honour and gentlemen in waiting, were wont to
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbot: sitting at his books. Now I shall come back to you.
And, as a crowning proof, what do you say to my giving you a touch,
just the least touch, in your stomach? It will not seriously
injure you, and the slight pain you may suffer cannot be compared with
the mental benefit you will receive."
Before I could utter a word of remonstrance, I felt a shooting pain
in my inside, and a demoniacal laugh seemed to issue from within me.
A moment afterwards the sharp agony had ceased, leaving nothing but
a dull ache behind, and the Stranger began to reappear, saying,
as he gradually increased in size, "There, I have not hurt you much,
have I? If you are not convinced now, I don't know what will
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