| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Marie by H. Rider Haggard: to my husband, whom you guard within. Pray do not prevent us from
entering."
"No," answered one of them gently enough, for he was touched with pity
at her plight. "We have our orders to admit you, the Vrouw Prinsloo and
the native servant, though why three of you should be needed to carry
food to one man, I don't know. I should have thought that at such a
time he would have preferred to be alone with his wife."
"The Vrouw Prinsloo wishes to ask my husband certain questions about his
property here and what is to be done while he and her men are away at
the main camp for the second trial, as I, whose heart is full of sorrow,
have no head for such things. Also the Hottentot must have orders as to
Marie |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw: she loves me.
CROFTS [putting his head out of the window] I say, Praed: what
are you about? Do come along. [He disappears].
FRANK. Hallo! Sort of chap that would take a prize at a dog
show, aint he? Who's he?
PRAED. Sir George Crofts, an old friend of Mrs Warren's. I
think we had better come in.
[On their way to the porch they are interrupted by a call from
the gate. Turning, they see an elderly clergyman looking over
it.]
THE CLERGYMAN [calling] Frank!
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "How very peculiar!" said the Tin Woodman.
Tip's eyes were round and wondering, and the Saw-Horse uttered a sigh and
turned away its head.
"Are you really a Woggle-Bug?" enquired the Scarecrow.
"Most certainly, my dear sir!" answered the stranger, briskly. "Is not my
name upon the card?"
"It is," said the Scarecrow. "But may I ask what 'H. M.' stands for?"
"'H. M.' means Highly Magnified," returned the Woggle-Bug, proudly.
"Oh, I see." The Scarecrow viewed the stranger critically. "And are you, in
truth, highly magnified?"
"Sir," said the Woggle-Bug, "I take you for a gentleman of judgment and
The Marvelous Land of Oz |
