| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Dreams by Olive Schreiner: and returned to thee no more. Now, the day will come when I shall return.
In that day I shall bear both gifts in one hand."
I heard the woman laugh in her sleep.
London.
IX. THE ARTIST'S SECRET.
There was an artist once, and he painted a picture. Other artists had
colours richer and rarer, and painted more notable pictures. He painted
his with one colour, there was a wonderful red glow on it; and the people
went up and down, saying, "We like the picture, we like the glow."
The other artists came and said, "Where does he get his colour from?" They
asked him; and he smiled and said, "I cannot tell you"; and worked on with
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas: presented to it. The movable bridges, the agitated sailors,
the noise of the water on the pebbles, the cries and
importunities of those who wait upon the shores, are
multiplied details of that sensation which is summed up in
one single result -- hesitation. It was not, then, till
after standing several minutes on the shore that D'Artagnan
saw upon the port, but more particularly in the interior of
the isle, an immense number of workmen in motion. At his
feet D'Artagnan recognized the five chalands laden with
rough stone he had seen leave the port of Pirial. The
smaller stones were transported to the shore by means of a
Ten Years Later |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: was resting quietly now, the doctor had said, but if she, Rhoda Gray,
cared to wait, she could see the other before leaving the hospital.
And so she waited. She had promised Gypsy Nan she would.
The minutes dragged along. A quarter of an hour passed. Still
another. Midnight came. Fifteen minutes more went by, and then a
nurse came out of the room, and, standing by the door, beckoned to
Rhoda Gray.
"She is asking for you," the nurse said. "Please do not stay more
than a few minutes. I shall be outside here, and if you notice the
slightest change, call me instantly."
Rhoda Gray nodded.
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