| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: brightened up Forsyth, and drunk a devil of a lot of most
indifferent liquor. Let's top off with a visit to my cousins, and
be the instrument of Providence in earnest. Tomorrow I can turn
my attention to leather; tonight I'll just make it lively for 'em
in a friendly spirit.'
About a quarter of an hour later, as the clocks were striking
eleven, the instrument of Providence descended from a hansom,
and, bidding the driver wait, rapped at the door of No. 16 John
Street.
It was promptly opened by Morris.
'O, it's you, Michael,' he said, carefully blocking up the narrow
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Little Britain by Washington Irving: the summit of human splendor; and his procession, with all the
Sheriffs and Aldermen in his train, as the grandest of earthly
pageants. How they exult in the idea that the King himself
dare not enter the city without first knocking at the gate of
Temple Bar, and asking permission of the Lord Mayor: for if
he did, heaven and earth! there is no knowing what might be
the consequence. The man in armor, who rides before the
Lord mayor, and is the city champion, has orders to cut down
everybody that offends against the dignity of the city; and then
there is the little man with a velvet porringer on his head, who
sits at the window of the state-coach, and holds the city sword,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde: JACK. Your vanity is ridiculous, your conduct an outrage, and your
presence in my garden utterly absurd. However, you have got to
catch the four-five, and I hope you will have a pleasant journey
back to town. This Bunburying, as you call it, has not been a
great success for you.
[Goes into the house.]
ALGERNON. I think it has been a great success. I'm in love with
Cecily, and that is everything.
[Enter CECILY at the back of the garden. She picks up the can and
begins to water the flowers.] But I must see her before I go, and
make arrangements for another Bunbury. Ah, there she is.
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