| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain: there at that time; next, he was sure he HAD heard it. They would
call Sarah in, on a pretext, and watch her face; if she had been
betraying them to Mr. Burgess, it would show in her manner. They
asked her some questions--questions which were so random and
incoherent and seemingly purposeless that the girl felt sure that
the old people's minds had been affected by their sudden good
fortune; the sharp and watchful gaze which they bent upon her
frightened her, and that completed the business. She blushed, she
became nervous and confused, and to the old people these were plain
signs of guilt--guilt of some fearful sort or other--without doubt
she was a spy and a traitor. When they were alone again they began
The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from When the World Shook by H. Rider Haggard: very likely were just made up to astonish us. Meanwhile, it was
his business to preach to this old sinner down in that hole, and
he confessed honestly that he did not like the job. Still, it
must be done, so with our leave he would go apart and seek
inspiration, which at present seemed to be quite lacking.
Thus declaimed Bastin and departed.
"Don't you tell your opinion about the Deluge or he may cause
another just to show that you are wrong," called Bickley after
him.
"I can't help that," answered Bastin. "Certainly I shall not
hide the truth to save Oro's feelings, if he has got any. If he
When the World Shook |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: "It is my right to know," she repeated.
"I know it," he again interrupted. "But I cannot tell you."
"You have not considered me, Chris," she went on gently.
"I know, I know," he broke in.
"You cannot have considered me. You do not know what I have to bear from my
people because of you."
"I did not think they felt so very unkindly toward me," he said bitterly.
"It is true. They can scarcely tolerate you. They do not show it to you, but
they almost hate you. It is I who have had to bear all this. It was not always
so, though. They liked you at first as . . . as I liked you. But that was four
years ago. The time passed by--a year, two years; and then they began to turn
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