| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson: You thought me sleeping, but I heard you say,
I heard you say, that you were no true wife:
I swear I will not ask your meaning in it:
I do believe yourself against yourself,
And will henceforward rather die than doubt.'
And Enid could not say one tender word,
She felt so blunt and stupid at the heart:
She only prayed him, 'Fly, they will return
And slay you; fly, your charger is without,
My palfrey lost.' 'Then, Enid, shall you ride
Behind me.' 'Yea,' said Enid, 'let us go.'
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn: straw, clay, and stems bore an odd resemblance to miniature towns. In the
middle of a structure considerably larger than the rest there was a
marvelous swarming of small ants around the body of one very big ant, which
had yellowish wings and a long black head.
"Why, there is the King of my dream!" cried Akinosuke; "and there is the
palace of Tokoyo!... How extraordinary!... Raishu ought to lie somewhere
southwest of it -- to the left of that big root... Yes! -- here it is!...
How very strange! Now I am sure that I can find the mountain of Hanryoko,
and the grave of the princess."...
In the wreck of the nest he searched and searched, and at last discovered
a tiny mound, on the top of which was fixed a water-worn pebble, in shape
Kwaidan |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: twenty hours I might find many--Miss Vere, you must implore the
protection of the only human being who has it in his power to
control the course of events which threatens to hurry you before
it."
"And what human being," answered Miss Vere, "has such power?"
"Start not when I name him," said Ratcliffe, coming near her, and
speaking in a low but distinct voice. "It is he who is called
Elshender the Recluse of Mucklestane-Moor."
"You are mad, Mr. Ratcliffe, or you mean to insult my misery by
an ill-timed jest!"
"I am as much in my senses, young lady," answered her adviser,
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