| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Pocket Diary Found in the Snow by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: He could understand from this why the odour of perfume which had
now become familiar to him was still so strong inside the old cab.
Also why it was so strong on the delicate handkerchief. Asta Langen
had taken the stopper from the bottle in her pocket, so as to leave
a trail of odour behind her.
CHAPTER THREE
THE LONELY COTTAGE
Fifteen minutes after the driver had made his report to Commissioner
Von Mayringen, the latter with Amster entered another cab. A
well-armed policeman mounted the box of this second vehicle. "Follow
that cab ahead," the commissioner told his driver. The second cab
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Ursula by Honore de Balzac: dividend and La Bougival's."
"Cousin," said Minoret, "our uncle accustomed you to more luxury than
you have now."
"We can be very happy with very little money," she replied.
"I thought money might help your happiness," continued Minoret, "and I
have come to offer you some, out of respect for the memory of my
uncle."
"You had a natural way of showing respect for him," said Ursula,
sternly; "you could have left his house as it was, and allowed me to
buy it; instead of that you put it at a high price, hoping to find
some hidden treasure in it."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson: They returned the ladder to the stable, and groped their way to the
place where they had entered.
Capper had taken Greensheve's position on the cope, and now he
leaned down his hand, and, first one and then the other, pulled
them up.
Cautiously and silently, they dropped again upon the other side;
nor did they dare to speak until they had returned to their old
ambush in the gorse.
"Now, John Capper," said Dick, "back with you to Shoreby, even as
for your life. Bring me instantly what men ye can collect. Here
shall be the rendezvous; or if the men be scattered and the day be
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