| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Deserted Woman by Honore de Balzac: stock characters which every observer finds in every one of the many
capitals of the little States which made up the France of an older
day.
First of all comes the family whose claims to nobility are regarded as
incontestable, and of the highest antiquity in the department, though
no one has so much as heard of them a bare fifty leagues away. This
species of royal family on a small scale is distantly, but
unmistakably, connected with the Navarreins and the Grandlieu family,
and related to the Cadignans, and the Blamont-Chauvrys. The head of
the illustrious house is invariably a determined sportsman. He has no
manners, crushes everybody else with his nominal superiority,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Light of Western Stars by Zane Grey: rebels facing an open window.
Madeline scanned the faces of these men, expecting to see Don
Carlos. But he was not present. A soldier addressed her in
Spanish too swiftly uttered, too voluble for her to translate.
But, like Senor Montes, he was gracious and, despite his ragged
garb and uncouth appearance, he bore the unmistakable stamp of
authority.
Montes directed Madeline's attention to a man by the window. A
loose scarf of vivid red hung from his hand.
"Senora, they were waiting for the sun to set when we arrived,"
said Montes. "The signal was about to be given for Senor
The Light of Western Stars |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Koran: hand, while they were in the spacious part thereof. That is one of the
signs of God. Whom God guides he is guided indeed, and whom He leads
astray thou shalt surely find for him no patron to guide aright.
Thou mightst have reckoned them waking though they were sleeping, as
we turned them towards the right and towards the left; and their dog
spreading out his fore-paws on the threshold. Hadst thou come suddenly
upon them thou wouldst surely have turned and fled away from them, and
wouldst surely have been filled by them with dread.
Thus did we raise them up that they might question each other. Spake
a speaker amongst them, 'How long have ye tarried?' They said, 'We
have tarried a day or part of a day.' They said, 'Your Lord knows best
The Koran |
