| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton: of life."
The young man was sincerely but placidly in love.
He delighted in the radiant good looks of his betrothed,
in her health, her horsemanship, her grace and quickness
at games, and the shy interest in books and ideas
that she was beginning to develop under his guidance.
(She had advanced far enough to join him in ridiculing
the Idyls of the King, but not to feel the beauty of
Ulysses and the Lotus Eaters.) She was straightforward,
loyal and brave; she had a sense of humour (chiefly
proved by her laughing at HIS jokes); and he suspected,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Whirligigs by O. Henry: coat pockets. Policeman Donahue stopped him with a
courteous wave of his club.
"Evening, Kerry," he said. "Here's a couple of gents,
friends of mine, that want to hear you spiel something
about the Bowery. Can you reel 'em off a few yards?"
"Certainly, Donahue," said the young man, pleas-
antly. "Good evening, gentlemen," he said to us,
with a pleasant smile. Donahue walked off on his beat.
"This is the goods," whispered Rivington, nudging
me with his elbow. "Look at his jaw!"
"Say, cull," said Rivington, pushing back his hat,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Pupil by Henry James: "There's no accounting for tastes. What is it you know through
her?"
"Why what their idea is. She went away because they didn't fork
out. She did like me awfully, and she stayed two years. She told
me all about it - that at last she could never get her wages. As
soon as they saw how much she liked me they stopped giving her
anything. They thought she'd stay for nothing - just BECAUSE,
don't you know?" And Morgan had a queer little conscious lucid
look. "She did stay ever so long - as long an she could. She was
only a poor girl. She used to send money to her mother. At last
she couldn't afford it any longer, and went away in a fearful rage
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