| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Oakdale Affair by Edgar Rice Burroughs: He bent toward the youth. "There are matches in my
coat pocket," he whispered, "--the same pocket in which
you found the flash lamp. Strike one and we'll look for a
room here where we can lay the girl."
The boy fumbled gropingly in search of the matches.
It was evident to the man that it was only with the
greatest exertion of will power that he controlled his
muscles at all; but at last he succeeded in finding and
striking one. At the flare of the light there was a sound
from below--a scratching sound and the creaking of
boards as beneath a heavy body; then came the clank-
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Talisman by Walter Scott: once seen, were scarcely to be forgotten--showed to Sir Kenneth
that they were approaching the fountain called the Diamond of the
Desert, which had been the scene of his interview on a former
occasion with the Saracen Emir Sheerkohf, or Ilderim. In a few
minutes they checked their horses beside the spring, and the
Hakim invited Sir Kenneth to descend from horseback and repose
himself as in a place of safety. They unbridled their steeds, El
Hakim observing that further care of them was unnecessary, since
they would be speedily joined by some of the best mounted among
his slaves, who would do what further was needful.
"Meantime," he said, spreading some food on the grass, "eat and
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Essays of Travel by Robert Louis Stevenson: leave them behind for the benefit of New York city. No fire could
have dried them ere I had to start; and to pack them in their present
condition was to spread ruin among my other possessions. With a
heavy heart I said farewell to them as they lay a pulp in the middle
of a pool upon the floor of Mitchell's kitchen. I wonder if they are
dry by now. Mitchell hired a man to carry my baggage to the station,
which was hard by, accompanied me thither himself, and recommended me
to the particular attention of the officials. No one could have been
kinder. Those who are out of pocket may go safely to Reunion House,
where they will get decent meals and find an honest and obliging
landlord. I owed him this word of thanks, before I enter fairly on
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