| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Pool in the Desert by Sara Jeanette Duncan: permanent item. He dined out four or five times a week, and learned
exactly what to talk about. He surprised me one day with a piece of
news of my own department, which was a liberty of a very serious
kind, but I forgave him upon finding that it was not true. He rode
Lamb's weight-carriers, to cross which his short legs were barely
adequate, and apart from this disadvantage he did not ride them
badly. Only one thing marred the completeness of the
transformation--he didn't dismiss the dog. The dog, fundamentally,
was still and ever his companion. It was a suspicious circumstance
if we had known; but we saw in it only a kind heart, and ignored it.
I saw little of Dora Harris at this time. Making no doubt that she
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Collection of Antiquities by Honore de Balzac: "And what are they?" asked Chesnel, thinking that he saw a ray of
hope.
"The elections are coming on; I want the votes at your disposal."
"You shall have them."
"I wish that we, my wife and I, should be received familiarly every
evening, with an appearance of friendliness at any rate, by M. le
Marquis d'Esgrignon and his circle," continued du Croisier.
"I do not know how we are going to compass it, but you shall be
received."
"I wish to have the family bound over by a surety of four hundred
thousand francs, and by a written document stating the nature of the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: "I have, Mem Putih," returned the polite statesman. Then turning
towards Mahmat he beckoned him closer, calling out, "Come here!"
Mahmat approached with some hesitation. He avoided looking at
Nina, but fixed his eyes on Babalatchi.
"Now, listen," said Babalatchi, sharply. "The ring and the
anklet you have seen, and you know they belonged to Dain the
trader, and to no other. Dain returned last night in a canoe.
He spoke with the Rajah, and in the middle of the night left to
cross over to the white man's house. There was a great flood,
and this morning you found him in the river."
"By his feet I dragged him out," muttered Mahmat under his
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