| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: reference to the cookery; "but because I can't get away from Dad's
training."
Among other things, she burned the pestilential hospital,
quarrelled with Sheldon over the dead, and, in anger, set her own
men to work building a new, and what she called a decent, hospital.
She robbed the windows of their lawn and muslin curtains, replacing
them with gaudy calico from the trade-store, and made herself
several gowns. When she wrote out a list of goods and clothing for
herself, to be sent down to Sydney by the first steamer, Sheldon
wondered how long she had made up her mind to stay.
She was certainly unlike any woman he had ever known or dreamed of.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Europeans by Henry James: changing his place.
"Your going away--that is what has happened to me."
"Do you mean to say that you have missed me?" he asked.
"If I had meant to say it, it would not be worth your making a note of.
I am very dishonest and my compliments are worthless."
Acton was silent for some moments. "You have broken down,"
he said at last.
Madame Munster left her chair, and began to move about.
"Only for a moment. I shall pull myself together again."
"You had better not take it too hard. If you are bored,
you need n't be afraid to say so--to me at least."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: As his guard halted before a door at the far end of a long
corridor Barney Custer sensed a sudden familiarity in his
surroundings. He was conscious of that sensation which is
common to all of us--of having lived through a scene at
some former time, to each minutest detail.
As the door opened and he was pushed into the room he
realized that there was excellent foundation for the impres-
sion--he immediately recognized the apartment as the same
in which he had once before been imprisoned. At that time
he had been mistaken for the mad king who had escaped
from the clutches of Peter of Blentz. The same king was
The Mad King |
