| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie: held an open newspaper in his hand.
"Say, what's all this? They seem to have got some fool idea
about Tuppence."
"It's true," said Tommy quietly.
"You mean they've done her in?"
Tommy nodded.
"I suppose when they got the treaty she--wasn't any good to them
any longer, and they were afraid to let her go."
"Well, I'm darned!" said Julius. "Little Tuppence. She sure was
the pluckiest little girl----"
But suddenly something seemed to crack in Tommy's brain. He rose
Secret Adversary |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: you were offering so much in gold. Stop laughing, everyone is
looking at us."
"They will look at us anyway. Don't try to palm off that twaddle
about the Cause to me. You wanted to dance and I gave you the
opportunity. This march is the last figure of the reel, isn't
it?"
"Yes--really, I must stop and sit down now."
"Why? Have I stepped on your feet?"
"No--but they'll talk about me."
"Do you really care--down in your heart?"
"Well--"
Gone With the Wind |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Falk by Joseph Conrad: tlemanly young fellow. Is he expected to eat his
food raw? But that's your Falk all over. Ask any
one you like. I suppose the fifteen dollars extra he
has to give keep on rankling--in there."
And Schomberg tapped his manly breast. I sat
half stunned by his irrelevant babble. Suddenly
he gripped my forearm in an impressive and cau-
tious manner, as if to lead me into a very cavern of
confidence.
"It's nothing but enviousness," he said in a low-
ered tone, which had a stimulating effect upon my
Falk |
