| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Collection of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter: go home before it gets dark?"
"Perhaps it might be wise, my
dear Duchess. I will lend you a
nice warm shawl, and you shall
take my arm."
"I would not trouble you for
worlds; I feel wonderfully better.
One pill of Dr. Maggotty----"
"Indeed it is most admirable, if
it has cured you of a patty-pan! I
will call directly after breakfast to
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from La Grenadiere by Honore de Balzac: high brow, with its gracious curves, spoke of energy of character. He
was quick and alert in his movements, and strong of limb, without a
trace of awkwardness. Nothing took him unawares, and he seemed to
think about everything that he saw.
Marie-Gaston, the other child, had hair that was almost golden, though
a lock here and there had deepened to the mother's chestnut tint.
Marie-Gaston was slender; he had the delicate features and the subtle
grace so charming in Mme. Willemsens. He did not look strong. There
was a gentle look in his gray eyes; his face was pale, there was
something feminine about the child. He still wore his hair in long,
wavy curls, and his mother would not have him give up embroidered
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw: now.
PRAED [sternly] Frank! [The two look at one another, Frank
unruffled, Praed deeply indignant]. Let me tell you, Gardner,
that if you desert her now you will behave very despicably.
FRANK. Good old Praddy! Ever chivalrous! But you mistake: it's
not the moral aspect of the case: it's the money aspect. I
really cant bring myself to touch the old woman's money now.
PRAED. And was that what you were going to marry on?
FRANK. What else? _I_ havnt any money, nor the smallest turn
for making it. If I married Viv now she would have to support
me; and I should cost her more than I am worth.
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