| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie: swerving----Oh!"
There was a grinding noise and a bump. Another taxi had collided
with them.
In a flash Tuppence was out on the pavement. A policeman was
approaching. Before he arrived Tuppence had handed the driver
five shillings, and she and Jane had merged themselves in the
crowd.
"It's only a step or two now," said Tuppence breathlessly. The
accident had taken place in Trafalgar Square.
"Do you think the collision was an accident, or done
deliberately?"
Secret Adversary |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Chance by Joseph Conrad: dog who saved Flora de Barral's life is the last dog-friend I had.
I was rather lonely cruising about; but that, too, on the river has
its charm, sometimes. I chased the mystery of the vanishing Powell
dreamily, looking about me at the ships, thinking of the girl Flora,
of life's chances--and, do you know, it was very simple."
"What was very simple?" I asked innocently.
"The mystery."
"They generally are that," I said.
Marlow eyed me for a moment in a peculiar manner.
"Well, I have discovered the mystery of Powell's disappearances.
The fellow used to run into one of these narrow tidal creeks on the
Chance |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ursula by Honore de Balzac: assembled one by one.
"He is too honest a man to steal extreme unction," said Cremiere; "we
may be sure of his death now."
"Yes, we shall each get about twenty thousand francs a year," replied
Madame Massin.
"I have an idea," said Zelie, "that for the last three years he hasn't
invested anything--he grew fond of hoarding."
"Perhaps the money is in the cellar," whispered Massin to Cremiere.
"I hope we shall be able to find it," said Minoret-Levrault.
"But after what he said at the ball we can't have any doubt," cried
Madame Massin.
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