| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Marie by H. Rider Haggard: "What makes you so sure?" she said solemnly. "Hush! here comes Monsieur
Leblanc."
CHAPTER II
THE ATTACK ON MARAISFONTEIN
I do not propose to set out the history of the years which I spent in
acquiring a knowledge of French and various other subjects, under the
tuition of the learned but prejudiced Monsieur Leblanc. Indeed, there
is "none to tell, sir." When Monsieur Leblanc was sober, he was a most
excellent and well-informed tutor, although one apt to digress into many
side issues, which in themselves were not uninstructive. When tipsy, he
grew excited and harangued us, generally upon politics and religion, or
Marie |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: before I could stop him, rushed out of the studio. I put my head
out of the window. As he dashed hatless out of the front door:
"Where are you going?" I said.
He threw me a black look. Then: "To wire an apology," he said.
I turned to find my lady at my shoulder.
"He's gone to wire you an apology," I said.
"You are wicked," she said. "Poor Mr. Larel. I feel quite- "
I put my head on one side and regarded her. "Nice kid, though,"
I said.
"I know," she said severely. "But the poor man- "
"She's taken quite a fancy to me," said I.
The Brother of Daphne |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson: "There is loyalty in my soul; be sure, there is loyalty in the mind
of Odin."
"These are but playings upon words," returned the priest. "A
sackful of such trash is nothing to the peacock."
Just then they passed a country farm, where there was a peacock
seated on a rail; and the bird opened its mouth and sang with the
voice of a nightingale.
"Where are you now?" asked the virtuous person. "And yet this
shakes not me! Great is the truth, and shall prevail!"
"The devil fly away with that peacock!" said the priest; and he was
downcast for a mile or two.
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