| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Virginian by Owen Wister: a large number of pleased and scandalized neighbors. "I hate her
to be where such things can happen," said Mrs. Wood. "I wish I
could have been there," said her son-in-law, Andrew Bell. "She
does not mention who played the trick," said Mrs. Andrew Bell.
"We shouldn't be any wiser if she did," said Mrs. Wood. "I'd like
to meet the perpetrator," said Andrew. "Oh, no!" said Mrs. Wood.
"They're all horrible." And she wrote at once, begging her
daughter to take good care of herself, and to see as much of Mrs.
Balaam as possible. "And of any other ladies that are near you.
For you seem to me to be in a community of roughs. I wish you
would give it all up. Did you expect me to laugh about the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: The conversation ceased. They reached the foot of the landslip an
hour later. Branchspell was steadily mounting the cloudless sky. It
was approaching Sarclash, and it was an open question whether or not
it would clear its peak. The heat was sweltering. The long,
massive, saucer-shaped ridge behind them, with its terrific
precipices, was glowing with bright morning colours. Adage, towering
up many thousands of feet higher still, guarded the end of it like a
lonely Colossus. In front of them, starting from where they stood,
was a cool and enchanting wilderness of little lakes and forests.
The water of the lakes was dark green; the forests were asleep,
waiting for the rising of Alppain.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Lemorne Versus Huell by Elizabeth Drew Stoddard: aunt's door. He wished that he could see her then. Was it magic
that made her open the door before I reached it?
"Have you come on legal business?" she asked him.
"You have divined what I come for."
"Step in, step in; it's very late. I should have been in bed but
for neuralgia. Did Mr. Uxbridge come home with you, Margaret?"
"Yes, in Mrs. Bliss's carriage; I wished to come before she was
ready to leave."
"Well, Mr. Uxbridge is old enough for your protector, certainly."
"I *am* forty, ma'am."
"Do you want Margaret?"
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