| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart: country was being scoured in all directions.
The household staff was again depleted that afternoon. Liddy was
waiting to tell me that the new cook had gone, bag and baggage,
without waiting to be paid. No one had admitted the visitor whom
Warner had heard in the library, unless, possibly, the missing
cook. Again I was working in a circle.
CHAPTER XXVII
WHO IS NINA CARRINGTON?
The four days, from Saturday to the following Tuesday, we lived,
or existed, in a state of the most dreadful suspense. We ate
only when Liddy brought in a tray, and then very little. The
The Circular Staircase |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: Barney's heart stood still. With all his care he had run
straight into the arms of an Austrian sentry. To run would
be to be shot. To advance would mean capture, and that
too would mean death.
For the barest fraction of an instant he hesitated, and
then his quick American wits came to his aid. Feigning
intoxication he answered the challenge in dubious Austrian
that he hoped his maudlin tongue would excuse.
"Friend," he answered thickly. "Friend with a drink--
have one?" And he staggered drunkenly forward, banking
all upon the credulity and thirst of the soldier who con-
The Mad King |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "You are clever," said Ervic. "I did not hear you
utter any incantations or magic words. All you did was
to touch the creatures."
"Oh, do you think so?" she replied. "Well, touch them
yourself, if you like, and see if you can change their
forms."
"No," said the Skeezer, "I don't understand magic and
if I did I would not try to imitate your skill. You are
a wonderful Yookoohoo, while I am only a common
Skeezer."
This confession seemed to please Reera, who liked to
Glinda of Oz |
