| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: as was ever known, and the great body of holiday-makers laid
out yesterday for visits to Mulgrave Woods, Robin Hood's Bay,
Rig Mill, Runswick, Staithes, and the various trips
in the neighborhood of Whitby. The steamers Emma and
Scarborough made trips up and down the coast, and there was
an unusual amount of `tripping' both to and from Whitby.
The day was unusually fine till the afternoon, when some
of the gossips who frequent the East Cliff churchyard,
and from the commanding eminence watch the wide sweep of sea
visible to the north and east, called attention to a sudden
show of `mares tails' high in the sky to the northwest.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Aspern Papers by Henry James: We would take an hour, whichever she liked, one of the very next days.
As I made my obeisance to the old lady I asked her if she would
kindly permit me to see her again.
For a moment she said nothing; then she inquired, "Is it very necessary
to your happiness?"
"It diverts me more than I can say."
"You are wonderfully civil. Don't you know it almost kills ME?"
"How can I believe that when I see you more animated, more brilliant
than when I came in?"
"That is very true, Aunt," said Miss Tita. I think it does you good."
"Isn't it touching, the solicitude we each have that
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Amazing Interlude by Mary Roberts Rinehart: and her stained hands and her honest eyes - this was not only a good
girl, this was a brave and high-spirited and idealistic woman.
And after an evening in the house of mercy, with the soldiers openly
adoring and entirely respectful, Mrs. Cameron put her arms round Sara
Lee and kissed her.
"You must let me thank you," she said. "You have made me feel what I
have not felt since-"
She stopped. Her mourning was only a month old. "I see to-night that,
after all, many things may be gone, but that while service remains there
is something worth while in life."
The next day she asked Sara Lee to stay with her, at least through the
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