| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Death of the Lion by Henry James: present for publicity will simply have overmastered my precautions.
The curtain fell lately enough on the lamentable drama. My memory
of the day I alighted at Mr. Paraday's door is a fresh memory of
kindness, hospitality, compassion, and of the wonderful
illuminating talk in which the welcome was conveyed. Some voice of
the air had taught me the right moment, the moment of his life at
which an act of unexpected young allegiance might most come home to
him. He had recently recovered from a long, grave illness. I had
gone to the neighbouring inn for the night, but I spent the evening
in his company, and he insisted the next day on my sleeping under
his roof. I hadn't an indefinite leave: Mr. Pinhorn supposed us
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: seemed over-anxious to reach this door--it was he whom
they call Astok, Prince of Dusar."
Carthoris smiled.
"Where is he now?" he asked.
"He escaped my blade, and ran down this corridor,"
replied Kar Komak.
"We must lose no time, then!" exclaimed Carthoris.
"He will have the guard upon us yet!"
Together the three hastened along the winding passages
through which Carthoris and Kar Komak had tracked the
Dusarians by the marks of the latter's sandals in the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: old date. It was a merry jest that, of cramming the bread into
the dead man's mouth, but somewhat too wild and salvage for
civilized acceptation, besides wasting the good victuals. I have
seen when at a siege or a leaguer, Ranald, a living soldier would
have been the better, Ranald, for that crust of bread, whilk you
threw away on a dead pow."
"We were attacked by Sir Duncan," continued MacEagh, "and my
brother was slain--his head was withering on the battlements
which we scaled--I vowed revenge, and it is a vow I have never
broken."
"It may be so," said Dalgetty; "and every thorough-bred soldier
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