| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Wife, et al by Anton Chekhov: say?"
We gave our ready consent, for living in the lodge was a great
deal more free than in the house, under mother's eye.
"It's a nuisance, and that's a fact!" said mother. "Brother says
he won't have dinner in the middle of the day, but between six
and seven, as they do in Petersburg. I am simply distracted with
worry! By seven o'clock the dinner will be done to rags in the
oven. Really, men don't understand anything about housekeeping,
though they have so much intellect. Oh, dear! we shall have to
cook two dinners every day! You will have dinner at midday as
before, children, while your poor old mother has to wait till
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Research Magnificent by H. G. Wells: are estates somewhere, responsibilities?"
"It is just money. Investments."
"You know, I've imagined--. I've thought always I should have to DO
something."
"You MUST do something, Poff. But it needn't be for a living. The
world is yours without that. And so you see you've got to make
plans. You've got to know the sort of people who'll have things in
their hands. You've got to keep out of--holes and corners. You've
got to think of Parliament and abroad. There's the army, there's
diplomacy. There's the Empire. You can be a Cecil Rhodes if you
like. You can be a Winston. . . ."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: had burnt the showy furniture piecemeal to cook the family rice.
But Almayer was not thinking of his furniture now. He was
thinking of Dain's return, of Dain's nocturnal interview with
Lakamba, of its possible influence on his long-matured plans, now
nearing the period of their execution. He was also uneasy at the
non-appearance of Dain who had promised him an early visit. "The
fellow had plenty of time to cross the river," he mused, "and
there was so much to be done to-day. The settling of details for
the early start on the morrow; the launching of the boats; the
thousand and one finishing touches. For the expedition must
start complete, nothing should be forgotten, nothing should--"
Almayer's Folly |
