| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Lesson of the Master by Henry James: wished to make him hurry, and as soon as he came within earshot she
broke out in her voice of joy: "He's here - he's here - he's
coming back in a moment!"
"Ah your father?" Paul returned as she offered him her hand.
"Oh dear no, this isn't in my poor father's line. I mean Mr. St.
George. He has just left me to speak to some one - he's coming
back. It's he who brought me - wasn't it charming?"
"Ah that gives him a pull over me - I couldn't have 'brought' you,
could I?"
"If you had been so kind as to propose it - why not you as well as
he?" the girl returned with a face that, expressing no cheap
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Simple Soul by Gustave Flaubert: bled him too much, treating him for yellow fever. Four doctors held
him at one time. He died almost instantly, and the chief surgeon had
said:
"Here goes another one!"
His parents had always treated him barbarously; she preferred not to
see them again, and they made no advances, either from forgetfulness
or out of innate hardness.
Virginia was growing weaker.
A cough, continual fever, oppressive breathing and spots on her cheeks
indicated some serious trouble. Monsieur Popart had advised a sojourn
in Provence. Madame Aubain decided that they would go, and she would
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Monster Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs: risen weakly to his feet. The girl supported him upon
one side, and Sing upon the other. Professor Maxon
approached the little group.
"I do not know what to make of all that Sing has told us,
he said. "If you are not Number Thirteen who are you?
Where did you come from? It seems very strange indeed--
impossible, in fact. However, if you will explain who you are,
I shall be glad to--ah--consider--ah--permitting you to pay court
to my daughter."
"I do not know who I am," replied Bulan. "I had always
thought that I was only Number Thirteen, until Sing
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