| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini: they went at once to make their preparations.
They left him for perhaps a quarter of an hour, to pace that long
room alone, saved only from impatience by the turmoil of his mind.
When at length they returned, they were accompanied by a tall man
in a full-skirted shaggy greatcoat and a broad hat the brim of
which was turned down all around. He remained respectfully by the
door in the shadows.
Between them the two women had concerted it thus, or rather the
Countess had so concerted it when Aline had warned her that
Andre-Louis' bitter hostility towards the Marquis made it
unthinkable that he should move a finger consciously to save him.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: 7.10 Tagel.
"No answer," said I. Then I remembered the cheering children,
and gave him a shilling. He thanked me shyly and sped away to
the lodge gates. I turned to see the girl approaching, and went
to meet her.
"For him, ginger beer," said I; "for us, tea. For them, when
they arrive, the wagonette. They will not send the car for your
maid. But, never mind, they have a good time coming. Isn't it
all beautiful!"
"Of course," said she, "after this I shall go into a convent-
that is, after I have served my term of imprisonment. I can
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Wife, et al by Anton Chekhov: Besides, Varinka was good-looking and interesting; she was the
daughter of a civil councillor, and had a farm; and what was
more, she was the first woman who had been warm and friendly in
her manner to him. His head was turned, and he decided that he
really ought to get married."
"Well, at that point you ought to have taken away his goloshes
and umbrella," said Ivan Ivanovitch.
"Only fancy! that turned out to be impossible. He put Varinka's
portrait on his table, kept coming to see me and talking about
Varinka, and home life,
saying marriage was a serious step. He was frequently at
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