| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn: offerings and prayers; -- then we go away, leaving the corpse alone.
Strange things always happen in the house where a corpse has thus been
left: so we think that it will be better for you to come away with us. We
can find you good lodging in the other village. But perhaps, as you are a
priest, you have no fear of demons or evil spirits; and, if you are not
afraid of being left alone with the body, you will be very welcome to the
use of this poor house. However, I must tell you that nobody, except a
priest, would dare to remain here tonight."
Muso made answer:--
"For your kind intention and your generous hospitality and am deeply
grateful. But I am sorry that you did not tell me of your father's death
Kwaidan |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft: while the dark wide-mouthed merchants with humped turbans and
short feet clumped steathily ashore to seek the bazaars of the
jewellers. Carter observed them closely, and disliked them more
the longer he looked at them. Then he saw them drive the stout
black men of Parg up the gangplank grunting and sweating into
that singular galley, and wondered in what lands - or if in any
lands at all - those fat pathetic creatures might be destined
to serve.
And on the third evening of that galley's stay one
of the uncomfortable merchants spoke to him, smirking sinfully
and hinting of what he had heard in the taverns of Carter's quest.
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: that simple gown attentively. She knew what it meant, and the
price at which such simplicity was obtairied.
"An old friend," said Anna of Annushka.
Anna was not embarrassed now. She was perfectly composed and at
ease. Dolly saw that she had now completely recovered from the
impression her arrival had made on her, and had assumed that
superficial, careless tone which, as it were, closed the door on
that compartment in which her deeper feelings and ideas were
kept.
"Well, Anna, and how is your little girl?" asked Dolly.
"Annie!" (This was what she called her little daughter Anna.)
Anna Karenina |
