| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Duchesse de Langeais by Honore de Balzac: forever, accused and convicted of not knowing how to love. Most
women are not displeased to have their code of right and wrong
broken through. Do they not flatter themselves that they never
yield except to force? But Armand was not learned enough in this
kind of lore to see the snare ingeniously spread for him by the
Duchess. So much of the child was there in the strong man in
love.
"If all you want is to preserve appearances," he began in his
simplicity, "I am willing to----"
"Simply to preserve appearances!" the lady broke in; "why,
what idea can you have of me? Have I given you the slightest
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Under the Andes by Rex Stout: It was something indefinable in Desiree's attitude that told
me the truth--what, I cannot tell. Her profile was toward us; it
could not have been her eyes or any expression of her face; but
there was a tenseness about her pose, a stiffening of the muscles
of her body, an air of lofty scorn and supreme triumph coming
somehow from every line of her motionless figure, that flashed
certainty into my brain.
And on the instant I turned to Harry.
"Follow me," I whispered; and he must have read the force of
my knowledge in my eyes, for he obeyed without a word. Back down
the passage we ran, halting at its end. Harry opened his lips to
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honore de Balzac: Baron de Nucingen were at home; and the man respectfully threw open
the splendid plate-glass doors.
"Your name, sir?" said the footman.
"Tell the Baron that I have come from the Avenue Gabriel," said
Corentin. "If anybody is with him, be sure not to say so too loud, or
you will find yourself out of place!"
A minute later the man came back and led Corentin by the back passages
to the Baron's private room.
Corentin and the banker exchanged impenetrable glances, and both bowed
politely.
"Monsieur le Baron," said Corentin, "I come in the name of
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