| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Amazing Interlude by Mary Roberts Rinehart: which they checked as they ate. Aviators in leather coats; a few Spahis
in cloak and turban, with full-gathered bloomers and high boots; some
American amhulance drivers, rather noisy and very young; and many
officers, in every uniform of the Allied armies - sat at food together
and for a time forgot their anxieties under the influence of lights, food
and warmth, and red and white wine mixed with water.
When he chose, Jean could be a delightful companion; not with Henri's
lift of spirits, but quietly interesting. And that evening he was a new
Jean to Sara Lee, a man of the world, talking of world affairs. He
found her apt and intelligent, and for Sara Lee much that had been
clouded cleared up forever that night. Until then she had known only
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Distinguished Provincial at Paris by Honore de Balzac: the evening. There were to be cards before supper. Lousteau came for
the short notice of the vaudeville; it had been written beforehand
after the general rehearsal, for Etienne wished to have the paper off
his mind. Lucien read over one of the charming sketches of Parisian
whimsicalities which made the fortune of the paper, and Lousteau
kissed him on both eyelids, and called him the providence of
journalism.
"Then why do you amuse yourself by turning my article inside out?"
asked Lucien. He had written his brilliant sketch simply and solely to
give emphasis to his grievance.
"I?" exclaimed Lousteau.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: across to investigate the puzzling red thing fluttering in the
breeze. Strange, indeed, would that be for the wildest creatures
in the world.
The big ram led on with the same regular persistence, and in half
an hour's time he was in the bottom of the great gulf, and soon
he was facing up the slope. Gale knew then that the alluring
scarf had fascinated him.
It was no longer necessary now for Gale to use his glass. There
was a short period when an intervening crest of lava hid the sheep
from view. After that the two rams and their smaller followers
were plainly in sight for perhaps a quarter of an hour. Then they
Desert Gold |
