| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Bunner Sisters by Edith Wharton: speechless lassitude, when she lay for hours silently staring at
the window, shaken only by the hard incessant cough that sounded to
Ann Eliza like the hammering of nails into a coffin.
At length one morning Ann Eliza, starting up from the mattress
at the foot of the bed, hastily called Miss Mellins down, and ran
through the smoky dawn for the doctor. He came back with her and
did what he could to give Evelina momentary relief; then he went
away, promising to look in again before night. Miss Mellins, her
head still covered with curl-papers, disappeared in his wake, and
when the sisters were alone Evelina beckoned to Ann Eliza.
"You promised," she whispered, grasping her sister's arm; and
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie: for a spy, and would in all probability give him short shrift.
Undoubtedly he was in a tight place. Nobody knew where he was,
therefore he need expect no outside assistance, and must depend
solely on his own wits.
"Well, here goes," murmured Tommy to himself, and repeated his
former remark.
"Damn!" he observed, and this time succeeded in sitting up.
In a minute the German stepped forward and placed a glass to his
lips, with the brief command "Drink." Tommy obeyed. The potency
of the draught made him choke, but it cleared his brain in a
marvellous manner.
Secret Adversary |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: all day and the nightingales sing all night."
"My darling!" cried Duane, brokenly. "No, no, no!"
Yet he knew in his heart that he was yielding to her, that he
could not resist her a moment longer. What was this madness of
love?
"We'll be happy," she whispered. "Oh, I know.
Come!--come!-come!"
Her eyes were closing, heavy-lidded, and she lifted sweet,
tremulous, waiting lips.
With bursting heart Duane bent to them. Then he held her, close
pressed to him, while with dim eyes he looked out over the line
The Lone Star Ranger |
