| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Cousin Pons by Honore de Balzac: themselves. A banker's wife may lie down at night a millionaire and
wake up in the morning with nothing but her settlement. At first word,
at the very first sight of him, we made up our minds about this
gentleman--he is not one of us. You can tell by his gloves, by his
waistcoat, that he is a working man, the son of a man that kept a pot-
house somewhere in Germany; he has not the instincts of a gentleman;
he drinks beer, and he smokes--smokes? ah! madame, /twenty-five pipes
a day!/ . . . What would have become of poor Lili? . . . It makes me
shudder even now to think of it. God has indeed preserved us! And
besides, Cecile never liked him. . . . Who would have expected such a
trick from a relative, an old friend of the house that had dined with
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Human Drift by Jack London: toward left. On walls are framed pictures of pugilists,
conspicuous among which is one of Robert Fitzsimmons. Appropriate
furnishings, etc., such as foils, clubs, dumb-bells and trophies.
[Enter MAUD SYLVESTER.]
[She is dressed as a man, in evening clothes, preferably a Tuxedo.
In her hand is a card, and under her arm a paper-wrapped parcel.
She peeps about curiously and advances to table. She is timorous
and excited, elated and at the same time frightened. Her eyes are
dancing with excitement.]
MAUD. [Pausing by table.] Not a soul saw me. I wonder where
everybody is. And that big brother of mine said I could not get
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen: no longer."
"Well, other people must judge for themselves,
and those who go to London may think nothing of Bath.
But I, who live in a small retired village in the country,
can never find greater sameness in such a place as this
than in my own home; for here are a variety of amusements,
a variety of things to be seen and done all day long, which I
can know nothing of there."
"You are not fond of the country."
"Yes, I am. I have always lived there, and always
been very happy. But certainly there is much more
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