| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac: "Then he ought to have the sense to ask for employment--"
"And serve THESE OTHERS!" cried the widow. "Oh! I will never give him
that advice."
"You are wrong," said Du Bruel. "My son has just got an appointment
through the Duc de Navarreins. The Bourbons are very good to those who
are sincere in rallying to them. Your son could be appointed
lieutenant-colonel to a regiment."
"They only appoint nobles in the cavalry. Philippe would never rise to
be a colonel," said Madame Descoings.
Agathe, much alarmed, entreated Philippe to travel abroad, and put
himself at the service of some foreign power who, she thought, would
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield: applauded so loudly last night!). "We shan't be able to hear each other
speak. Let's have something up here in front of the fire. It's too late
for tea. I'll order a little supper, shall I? How does that idea strike
you?"
"Do, darling!" said Janey. "And while you're away--the children's
letters--"
"Oh, later on will do!" said Hammond.
"But then we'd get it over," said Janey. "And I'd first have time to--"
"Oh, I needn't go down!" explained Hammond. "I'll just ring and give the
order...you don't want to send me away, do you?"
Janey shook her head and smiled.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from In a German Pension by Katherine Mansfield: I was grateful, without showing undue excitement.
"Which reminds me"--he hit the side of his nose with one finger--"the
manager of the pension handed me my weekly bill after dinner this evening.
It is almost impossible to credit. I do not expect you to believe me--he
has charged me extra for a miserable little glass of milk I drink in bed at
night to prevent insomnia. Naturally, I did not pay. But the tragedy of
the story is this: I cannot expect the milk to produce somnolence any
longer; my peaceful attitude of mind towards it is completely destroyed. I
know I shall throw myself into a fever in attempting to plumb this want of
generosity in so wealthy a man as the manager of a pension. Think of me
to-night."--he ground the empty bag under his heel--"think that the worst
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