| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen: knew how she could bear it!
These apprehensions, perhaps, were not founded
entirely on reason, and certainly not at all on truth.
They were relieved however, not by her own recollection,
but by the good will of Lucy, who believed herself to be
inflicting a severe disappointment when she told her
that Edward certainly would not be in Harley Street on Tuesday,
and even hoped to be carrying the pain still farther
by persuading her that he was kept away by the extreme
affection for herself, which he could not conceal when they
were together.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas: which had been promised to us."
"No, PARDIEU; though I should like to have seen Porthos on
my yellow horse. That would give me an idea of how I looked
when I arrived in Paris. But don't let us hinder you,
Mousqueton; go and perform your master's orders. Is he at
home?"
"Yes, monsieur," said Mousqueton, "but in a very ill humor.
Get up!"
He continued his way toward the Quai des Grands Augustins,
while the two friends went to ring at the bell of the
unfortunate Porthos. He, having seen them crossing the
The Three Musketeers |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Case of The Lamp That Went Out by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: that very morning. When he heard Franz's words and saw how
disturbed the woman was, he asked himself: "Why did this woman
want to be shown the spot of the murder? Didn't she know that
place, living so near it, as well as any of the many who stood
there staring in morbid curiosity? Did she ask to have it shown
her that the others might believe she had nothing whatever to do
with the occurrences that had happened there? Or was she drawn
thither by that queer attraction that brings the criminal back to
the scene of his crime?"
The sudden vision of Mrs. Bernauer's head at the garden gate, and
its equally sudden disappearance had attracted Muller's attention
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