| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Ivanhoe by Walter Scott: Rebecca; ``I will mount one of the palfreys.''
``That were to expose thee to the gaze of those
dogs of Ishmael and of Edom,'' whispered Isaac,
with a suspicious glance towards the crowd of
knights and squires. But Rebecca was already busied
in carrying her charitable purpose into effect,
and listed not what he said, until Isaac, seizing the
sleeve of her mantle, again exclaimed, in a hurried
voice---``Beard of Aaron!---what if the youth perish!
---if he die in our custody, shall we not be
held guilty of his blood, and be torn to pieces by
Ivanhoe |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: my friend, we are in awful straits. I fear, as I never feared before.
We can only trust the good God. Silence! Here she comes!"
I thought that the Professor was going to break down and have hysterics,
just as he had when Lucy died, but with a great effort he controlled
himself and was at perfect nervous poise when Mrs. Harker tripped
into the room, bright and happy looking and, in the doing of work,
seemingly forgetful of her misery. As she came in, she handed a number
of sheets of typewriting to Van Helsing. He looked over them gravely,
his face brightening up as he read.
Then holding the pages between his finger and thumb he said,
"Friend John, to you with so much experience already,
Dracula |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Finished by H. Rider Haggard: that they have said too much. Nor did I press the matter
further, having learned enough.
What had I learned? This: that Messrs. Marnham & Rodd were
illicit diamond buyers, I.D.B.'s as they are called, who had
cunningly situated themselves at a great distance from the scene
of operations practically beyond the reach of civilized law.
Probably they were engaged also in other nefarious dealings with
Kaffirs, such as supplying them with guns wherewith to make war
upon the Whites. Sekukuni had been fighting us recently, so that
there would be a very brisk market for rifles. This, too, would
account for Marnham's apparent knowledge of that Chief's plans.
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