| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton: if it had been a gate into the unknown.
"M'ama!" thrilled out the triumphant Marguerite;
and the occupants of the box looked up in surprise at
Archer's entrance. He had already broken one of the
rules of his world, which forbade the entering of a box
during a solo.
Slipping between Mr. van der Luyden and Sillerton
Jackson, he leaned over his wife.
"I've got a beastly headache; don't tell any one, but
come home, won't you?" he whispered.
May gave him a glance of comprehension, and he
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte: to forget that he pays me 30 pounds per annum for receiving his
orders.
"The smile is very well," said he, catching instantly the passing
expression; "but speak too."
"I was thinking, sir, that very few masters would trouble themselves
to inquire whether or not their paid subordinates were piqued and
hurt by their orders."
"Paid subordinates! What! you are my paid subordinate, are you? Oh
yes, I had forgotten the salary! Well then, on that mercenary
ground, will you agree to let me hector a little?"
"No, sir, not on that ground; but, on the ground that you did forget
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Options by O. Henry: nine miles back to Concho City.
Lee Rundle chewed much tobacco on the return trip. I was busy
driving, because I was in a hurry.
As shortly as could be after our empty return Goodloe Banks and I
forgathered in the back room of Snyder's saloon to play dominoes and
fish for information. I told Goodloe about my expedition after the
buried treasure.
"If I could have found that three hundred thousand dollars," I said to
him, "I could have scoured and sifted the surface of the earth to find
May Martha Mangum."
"She is meant for higher things," said Goodloe. "I shall find her
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