| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: They could not be untouched by his politeness; and had they
drawn his character from their own feelings and his servant's
report, without any reference to any other account, the circle in
Hertfordshire to which he was known would not have
recognized it for Mr. Darcy. There was now an interest,
however, in believing the housekeeper; and they soon became
sensible that the authority of a servant who had known him
since he was four years old, and whose own manners indicated
respectability, was not to be hastily rejected. Neither had
anything occurred in the intelligence of their Lambton friends
that could materially lessen its weight. They had nothing to
Pride and Prejudice |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne: They were then occupying the center of a rocky plain, which the
sun scorched with its parching rays. This was formed by a
considerable elevation of the soil, which seemed to offer to the
members of the Gun Club all the conditions requisite for the
construction of their Columbiad.
"Halt!" said Barbicane, reining up. "Has this place any
local appellation?"
"It is called Stones Hill," replied one of the Floridans.
Barbicane, without saying a word, dismounted, seized his instruments,
and began to note his position with extreme exactness. The little
band, drawn up in the rear, watched his proceedings in profound silence.
From the Earth to the Moon |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart: but after a glance at the springless vehicle I declined.
"The ends of the bone think they are castanets as it is," I
explained. "But the lady - "
The young lady, however, declined and we went on together. Once,
when the trolley line was in sight, she got a pebble in her low
shoe, and we sat down under a tree until she found the cause of
the trouble.
"I - I don't know what I should have done without you," I blundered.
"Moral support and - and all that. Do you know, my first conscious
thought after the wreck was of relief that you had not been hurt?"
She was sitting beside me, where a big chestnut tree shaded the road,
The Man in Lower Ten |
