| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad: swering over the rail in a tone of respectful cordiality.
"Shall I bring it up to you?"
But the voice asked again--
"Where's the captain?"
"Still on the bridge, I believe. He hasn't left his
chair. Shall I . . ."
The voice interrupted negligently.
"I will come on board."
"Mr. Van Wyk," Sterne suddenly broke out with an
eager effort, "will you do me the favor . . ."
The mate walked away quickly towards the gangway.
End of the Tether |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Rezanov by Gertrude Atherton: of precious time.
"Very well," he said. "I will go to St. Peters-
burg at the earliest possible moment, obtain personal
letters from the Tsar and proceed post haste to
Rome and Madrid. At the same time I shall
arrange for the treaty with full authority from the
Tsar. Then I shall sail from Spain to Mexico and
reach here as soon as may be. It will take a long
while, the best part of two years; but I have your
word--"
"You have," the three asserted with solemn em-
Rezanov |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Foolish Virgin by Thomas Dixon: "Please!"
"Why do you want to know? Are you afraid they're
fakes?"
"No, they're beautiful--they're wonderful."
"Well, if you don't want them," he broke in
angrily, "I'll keep them. I'll sell them."
"Don't tease me, Jim!" she begged. "I don't mind
if you bought them at a pawn-shop--if that's why you
won't tell me. That is the reason, isn't it?
Honestly, isn't it?"
She asked the question with eager intensity. She
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