| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: his eyes behold you, when his arms open to receive you! If
I go to Irkutsk -- and that appears very probable now -- will
you permit me to be present at that interview! You will,
will you not?" Then, striking his forehead: "But, I for-
got, what grief too when he sees that his poor son is blind!
Ah! everything is mingled in this world!"
However, the result of all this was the kibitka went
faster, and, according to Michael's calculations, now made
almost eight miles an hour.
After crossing the little river Biriousa, the kibitka reached
Biriousensk on the morning of the 4th of September.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, etc. by Oscar Wilde: convinced.
As I had said some very unjust and bitter things to Erskine in my
letter, I determined to go and see him at once, and to make my
apologies to him for my behaviour. Accordingly, the next morning I
drove down to Birdcage Walk, and found Erskine sitting in his
library, with the forged picture of Willie Hughes in front of him.
'My dear Erskine!' I cried, 'I have come to apologise to you.'
'To apologise to me?' he said. 'What for?'
'For my letter,' I answered.
'You have nothing to regret in your letter,' he said. 'On the
contrary, you have done me the greatest service in your power. You
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Off on a Comet by Jules Verne: which was worthy of its proprietor.
On entering the cabin, Ben Zoof's first proceeding was to throw on
the fire a liberal supply of coals, utterly regardless of the groans
of poor Isaac, who would almost as soon have parted with his
own bones as submit to such reckless expenditure of his fuel.
The perishing temperature of the cabin, however, was sufficient
justification for the orderly's conduct, and by a little skillful
manipulation he soon succeeded in getting up a tolerable fire.
The visitors having taken what seats they could, Hakkabut closed the door,
and, like a prisoner awaiting his sentence, stood with folded hands,
expecting the captain to speak.
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