| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Case of the Golden Bullet by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: the lower part of the lock was free, a round opening of unusual size.
Horn made sure of this by holding a lighted match to the door.
"You are right," he said to the valet, "the door is locked from the
inside. We'll have to go through the bedroom. Johann, bring me a
chisel or a hatchet. Muller, you stay here and open the door when
the doctor comes."
Muller nodded. Johann disappeared, returning in a few moments with
a small hatchet, and followed the commissioner through the
dining-room. It was an attractive apartment with its high wooden
paneling and its dainty breakfast table. But a slight shiver ran
through the commissioner's frame as he realised that some misfortune,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Marie by H. Rider Haggard: Then I turned and hid my face, as did all the white folk. Presently I
heard the old man, whom they had saved to the last that he might witness
the deaths of his descendants, cry in a loud voice:
"On the night of the thirtieth full moon from this day I, the
far-sighted, I, the prophet, summon thee, Dingaan, to meet me and mine
in the Land of Ghosts, and there to pay--"
Then with a roar of horror the executioners fell on him and he died.
When there was silence I looked up, and saw that the king, who had
turned a dirty yellow hue with fright, for he was very superstitious,
was trembling and wiping the sweat from his brow.
"You should have kept the wizard alive," he said in a shaky voice to the
Marie |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: SALOME. Je le veux.
LE JEUNE SYRIEN. En effet, princesse, il vaudrait mieux retourner
au festin.
SALOME. Faites sortir le prophete.
PREMIER SOLDAT. Nous n'osons pas, princesse.
SALOME [s'approchant de la citerne et y regardant] Comme il fait
noir le-dedans! Cela doit etre terrible d'etre dans un trou si
noir! Cela ressemble e une tombe . . . [aux soldats] Vous ne
m'avez pas entendue? Faites-le sortir. Je veux le voir.
SECOND SOLDAT. Je vous prie, princesse, de ne pas nous demander
cela.
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