| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart: tone. "One would make me moan. You need not wait, I'll ring if I
need anything."
Mrs. Klopton sailed to the door, where she stopped and wheeled
indignantly. "I only hope you won't laugh on the wrong side of
your face some morning, Mr. Lawrence," she declared, with
Christian fortitude. "But I warn you, I am going to have the
police watch that house next door."
I was half inclined to tell her that both it and we were under
police surveillance at that moment. But I like Mrs. Klopton, in
spite of the fact that I make her life a torment for her, so I
refrained.
The Man in Lower Ten |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence: But they loved the Guild. It was the only thing to which they
did not grudge their mother--and that partly because she enjoyed it,
partly because of the treats they derived from it. The Guild
was called by some hostile husbands, who found their wives getting
too independent, the "clat-fart" shop--that is, the gossip-shop. It
is true, from off the basis of the Guild, the women could look at
their homes, at the conditions of their own lives, and find fault.
So the colliers found their women had a new standard of their own,
rather disconcerting. And also, Mrs. Morel always had a lot of news
on Monday nights, so that the children liked William to be in when
their mother came home, because she told him things.
Sons and Lovers |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde: season, hasn't it?
DUMBY. Quite delightful! Good evening, Duchess. I suppose this
will be the last ball of the season?
DUCHESS OF BERWICK. I suppose so, Mr. Dumby. It has been a very
dull season, hasn't it?
DUMBY. Dreadfully dull! Dreadfully dull!
MR. COWPER-COWPER. Good evening, Mr. Dumby. I suppose this will
be the last ball of the season?
DUMBY. Oh, I think not. There'll probably be two more. [Wanders
back to LADY PLYMDALE.]
PARKER. Mr. Rufford. Lady Jedburgh and Miss Graham. Mr. Hopper.
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