| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy: intervals Stephen's imagination readily pictured his mother's
forefinger wandering round the dial in company with the minute-
hand.
'The clock stopped this morning, and your mother in putting en
right seemingly,' said his father in an explanatory tone; and they
went up the garden to the door.
When they had entered, and Stephen had dutifully and warmly
greeted his mother--who appeared in a cotton dress of a dark-blue
ground, covered broadcast with a multitude of new and full moons,
stars, and planets, with an occasional dash of a comet-like aspect
to diversify the scene--the crackle of cart-wheels was heard
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Case of The Lamp That Went Out by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: man and signed "Theo." This "Theo" appeared to be the same sort
of a cheap rounder that Winkler was. And he seemed to have sunk
one grade deeper than the dead man, in spite of the latter's bad
reputation. For this other addressed Winkler as his "Dear Friend"
and pleaded with him for "greater discretion," alluding evidently
to something which made this discretion necessary.
"I wonder what rascality it was that made these two friends?"
murmured Muller, putting "Theo's letter with the three he had
already read. But before he slipped it in his pocket he glanced at
the postmark. The letters of the three women had all been posted
from different quarters of the city some months ago. Theo's letter
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: coincidence of feeling was soon discovered, and, alike sensible
that no time was to be lost in detaching their brother, we shortly
resolved on joining him directly in London. We accordingly
went-- and there I readily engaged in the office of pointing out
to my friend the certain evils of such a choice. I described, and
enforced them earnestly. But, however this remonstrance might
have staggered or delayed his determination, I do not suppose
that it would ultimately have prevented the marriage, had it not
been seconded by the assurance that I hesitated not in giving, of
your sister's indifference. He had before believed her to return
his affection with sincere, if not with equal regard. But Bingley
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