| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson: to do? It is a fact I might have hired some decent, poor woman to be a
third to us, and I declare I never thought of it until this moment!
But where was I to find her, that am a foreigner myself? And let me
point out to your observation, Mr. Drummond, that it would have cost me
money out of my pocket. For here is just what it comes to, that I had
to pay through the nose for your neglect; and there is only the one
story to it, just that you were so unloving and so careless as to have
lost your daughter."
"He that lives in a glass house should not be casting stones," says he;
"and we will finish inquiring into the behaviour of Miss Drummond
before we go on to sit in judgment on her father."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: Her heart was heavy but everything he said seemed to force the
tone of levity on to her lips. "As long as I don't look like a
guy," she remarked, negligently, and then caught the direction of
his lurid stare which as a matter of fact was fastened on her
bare feet. She checked herself, "Oh, yes, if you prefer it I will
put on my stockings. But you know I must be very careful of them.
It's the only pair I have here. I have washed them this morning
in that bathroom which is built over the stern. They are now
drying over the rail just outside. Perhaps you will be good
enough to pass them to me when you go on deck."
Mr. Travers spun round and went on deck without a word. As soon
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum: out of the way.
When they had gleaned all the information they could
from these Skeezers, the Wizard said to Glinda:
"If you find you can make this boat obey your
sorcery, you could have it return to the island,
submerge itself, and enter the door in the basement
from which it came. But I cannot see that our going to
the sunken island would enable our friends to escape.
We would only Join them as prisoners."
"Not so, friend Wizard," replied Glinda. "If the boat
would obey my commands to enter the basement door, it
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