| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Case of the Golden Bullet by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: pass out. "You'll come back by the night train as usual, sir?"
he asked respectfully.
"Yes," replied the other, pushing back the dog, which fawned upon
him.
"Come back here, Tristan," called the servant, pulling the dog in
by his collar, as lie closed the door and re-entered the house.
The Councillor took the path to the station. He walked slowly,
with bowed head and uneven step. He did not look like a man who
was in the mood to join a merry crowd, and yet he was evidently
going to his Club. "He wants to show himself; he doesn't want to
let people think that he has anything to be afraid of," murmured
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Honore de Balzac: obliged to ask you to give me the amount in ready money. I am truly
unhappy in making this request, but I don't wish to go to the usurers.
I have not hawked your signature about; I know enough of business to
feel sure it would injure you. It is really in your own interest that
I--"
"Monsieur," said Birotteau, horrified, "speak lower if you please; you
surprise me strangely."
Lourdois entered.
"Lourdois," said Birotteau, smiling, "would you believe--"
The poor man stopped short; he was about to ask the painter to take
the note given to Grindot, ridiculing the architect with the good
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: come to realize that his friend's affairs were not mended by his
interruptions, moodily shrugged his shoulders, scowling.
"Come, sir," said Colonel Luttrell, engagingly, answer the question."
"Aye," roared Albemarle; "let your invention have free rein."
Again poor Richard sought refuge in the truth. "We - Sir Rowland here
and I - had reason to suspect that he was awaiting such a letter."
"Tell us your reasons, sir, if we are to credit you," said the Duke,
and it was plain he mocked the prisoner. It was, moreover, a request
that staggered Richard. Still, he sought to find a reason that should
sound plausible.
"We inferred it from certain remarks that Mr. Wilding let fall in our
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