| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: Nina came through the doorway and stood for a moment holding the
curtain aside for Ali and the old Malay woman bearing the dishes;
then she moved towards the three men by the table.
"Allow me," said Almayer, pompously. "This is my daughter.
Nina, these gentlemen, officers of the frigate outside, have done
me the honour to accept my hospitality."
Nina answered the low bows of the two officers by a slow
inclination of the head and took her place at the table opposite
her father. All sat down. The coxswain of the steam launch came
up carrying some bottles of wine.
"You will allow me to have this put upon the table?" said the
Almayer's Folly |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Silverado Squatters by Robert Louis Stevenson: glen. Meantime we elders sat together on the platform,
Hanson and his friend smoking in silence like Indian sachems,
Mrs. Hanson rattling on as usual with an adroit volubility,
saying nothing, but keeping the party at their ease like a
courtly hostess.
Not a word occurred about the business of the day. Once,
twice, and thrice I tried to slide the subject in, but was
discouraged by the stoic apathy of Rufe, and beaten down
before the pouring verbiage of his wife. There is nothing of
the Indian brave about me, and I began to grill with
impatience. At last, like a highway robber, I cornered
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Master Key by L. Frank Baum: treat you decently, and I've no fault to find with you except that
you forgot you were a slave and tried to be a master."
The Demon did not reply. He was busily forcing the various electrical
devices that Rob had relinquished into the pockets of his fiery jacket.
Finally he turned with an abrupt movement.
"Good-by!" he cried. "When mortal eyes next behold me they will be
those of one fit to command my services! As for you, your days will
be passed in obscurity and your name be unknown to fame.
Good-by,--forever!"
The room filled with a flash of white light so like a sheet of
lightning that the boy went reeling backwards, half stunned and
The Master Key |
