| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Pupil by Henry James: try and be a little more of one himself. Pemberton recognised in
fact the importance of the character - from the advantage it gave
Mr. Moreen. He was not even confused or embarrassed, whereas the
young man in his service was more so than there was any reason for.
Neither was he surprised - at least any more than a gentleman had
to be who freely confessed himself a little shocked - though not
perhaps strictly at Pemberton.
"We must go into this, mustn't we, dear?" he said to his wife. He
assured his young friend that the matter should have his very best
attention; and he melted into space as elusively as if, at the
door, he were taking an inevitable but deprecatory precedence.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: Morning showed them a large ship, which had passed them during the
night upon the opposite course, and was now a good ten miles to the
eastward. Yeo was for going back and taking her. Of the latter he
made a matter of course; and the former was easy enough, for the
breeze blowing dead off the land, was a "soldier's wind, there and
back again," for either ship; but Amyas and Frank were both
unwilling.
"Why, Yeo, you said that one day more would bring us to La Guayra."
"All the more reason, sir, for doing the Lord's work thoroughly,
when He has brought us safely so far on our journey."
"She can pass well enough, and no loss."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Under the Andes by Rex Stout: occupied; but it was necessary to go on in spite of the danger, and
I pulled again at Harry's arm.
Then, seeing by his face that something had happened, I turned
my eyes again on the Inca in the room. He had turned about,
squarely facing us. As we stood motionless he took a hasty step
forward; we had been discovered.
There was but one thing to do, and we didn't hesitate about
doing it. We leaped forward together, crossing the intervening
space in a single bound, and bore the Inca to the floor under us.
My fingers were round his throat, Harry sat on him. In a
trice we had him securely bound and gagged, using some strips of
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