| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Rezanov by Gertrude Atherton: negro that deserted gave the information that they
were furnished the Bostonian by the chief manager
of your Company--Baranhov--whose reputation we
know well enough!--for the deliberate purpose of
raiding our coast."
Rezanov shrugged his shoulders and replied indif-
ferently: "I will ask Baranhov when I return to
Sitka, and write you the particulars. It is more
likely that the Aleutians were deserters. This
O'Cain would not be the first shrewd Bostonian to
tempt them, for they are admirable hunters and
Rezanov |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest: You cannot buy the gentle touch that mother gives the place;
No servant girl can do the work with just the proper grace.
And though you hired the queen of cooks to fashion your croquettes,
Her meals would not compare with those your loving comrade gets;
So, though the maid has quit again, and she is moved to sob,
The old home's at its finest now, for Nellie's on the job.
The Old, Old Story
I have no wish to rail at fate,
And vow that I'm unfairly treated;
I do not give vent to my hate
Because at times I am defeated.
Just Folks |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: of acknowledging her love to a subject, and he discovered to be a
married man!--Elizabeth to learn that she had been dallied with
in such fashion, as a gay courtier might trifle with a country
wench--we should then see, to our ruin, FURENS QUID FAEMINA!"
He would then pause, and call for Varney, whose advice was now
more frequently resorted to than ever, because the Earl
remembered the remonstrances which he had made against his secret
contract. And their consultation usually terminated in anxious
deliberation how, or in what manner, the Countess was to be
produced at Kenilworth. These communings had for some time ended
always in a resolution to delay the Progress from day to day.
Kenilworth |
