| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: "What did he tell you about me?" bluntly asked Mrs. Bland.
"Wal, Kate," replied Euchre, speaking for himself, "you needn't
worry none, for I told Buck nothin' but compliments."
Evidently the outlaw's wife liked Euchre, for her keen glance
rested with amusement upon him.
"As for Jen, I'll tell you her story some day," went on the
woman. "It's a common enough story along this river. Euchre
here is a tender-hearted old fool, and Jen has taken him in."
"Wal, seein' as you've got me figgered correct," replied
Euchre, dryly, "I'll go in an' talk to Jennie if I may."
"Certainly. Go ahead. Jen calls you her best friend," said Mrs.
The Lone Star Ranger |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas: his three friends. No news had been received of them; only a
letter, all perfumed and of an elegant writing in small
characters, had come for Aramis. D'Artagnan took charge of it.
Ten minutes afterward Planchet joined him at the stables of the
Hotel des Gardes. D'Artagnan, in order that there might be no
time lost, had saddled his horse himself.
"That's well," said he to Planchet, when the latter added the
portmanteau to the equipment. "Now saddle the other three
horses."
"Do you think, then, monsieur, that we shall travel faster with
two horses apiece?" said Planchet, with his shrewd air.
The Three Musketeers |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Hero of Our Time by M.Y. Lermontov: contemplated warming himself with the remains
of the tea.
It was only then that I recovered my senses.
In about two hours' time, when all had grown
silent in the harbour, I awakened my Cossack.
"If I fire a pistol," I said, "run to the
shore."
He stared open-eyed and answered mechanic-
ally:
"Very well, sir."
I stuffed a pistol in my belt and went out. She
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