| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Collection of Antiquities by Honore de Balzac: thousand francs had been squandered; the d'Esgrignons must sell or
mortgage all that they had to raise the money; the Assize Court was
inevitable to his mind.
An affair of forgery can always be settled out of court in France if
the missing amount is returned. The losers by the crime are usually
well-to-do, and have no wish to blight an imprudent man's character.
But du Croisier had no mind to slacken his hold until he knew what he
was about. He meditated until he fell asleep on the magnificent manner
in which his hopes would be fulfilled by the way of the Assize Court
or by marriage. The murmur of voices below, the lamentations of
Chesnel and Mme. du Croisier, sounded sweet in his ears.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Finished by H. Rider Haggard: going on a shooting-party, or to a picnic. I even saw cricketing
bats and wickets occupying some of the scanty space upon the
wagons.
Now I am not going to set out all the military details that
preceded the massacre of Isandhlwana, for these are written in
history. It is enough to say that on the night of January 21,
Major Dartnell, who was in command of the Natal Mounted Police
and had been sent out to reconnoitre the country beyond
Isandhlwana, reported a strong force of Zulus in front of us.
Thereon Lord Chelmsford, the General-in-Chief, moved out from the
camp at dawn to his support, taking with him six companies of the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas: movement, heard the sound of the click, and stopped at once.
"Ah! it is you, your honor," he said, advancing toward
D'Artagnan; "and I am truly pleased to meet you."
D'Artagnan looked attentively at Friquet and recognized the
little chorister of the Rue de la Calandre.
"Ah! 'tis thou, rascal!" said he, "come here: so thou hast
changed thy trade; thou art no longer a choir boy nor a
tavern boy; thou hast become a horse stealer?"
"Ah, your honor, how can you say so?" exclaimed Friquet. "I
was seeking the gentleman to whom this horse belongs -- an
officer, brave and handsome as a youthful Caesar; "then,
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