| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Rezanov by Gertrude Atherton: the contra-danza? It quite turned my head, and I
am delighted to hear that you will dance alone after
supper."
Her face had flushed hotly. She dropped her
eyes and her voice trembled as she replied: "You
humiliate me, senor, and I deserve it. I--my poor
Rosa told me something of her great tragedy while
dressing me, and for the moment other things
seemed unimportant. What is hunger and court
favor beside a broken heart and a desolate life?
But that of course is the attitude of an ignorant
Rezanov |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: etrange. On dirait une femme qui sort d'un tombeau. Elle ressemble
e une femme morte. On dirait qu'elle cherche des morts.
LE JEUNE SYRIEN. Elle a l'air tres etrange. Elle ressemble e une
petite princesse qui porte un voile jaune, et a des pieds d'argent.
Elle ressemble e une princesse qui a des pieds comme des petites
colombes blanches. . . On dirait qu'elle danse.
LE PAGE D'HERODIAS. Elle est comme une femme morte. Elle va tres
lentement. [Bruit dans la salle de festin.]
PREMIER SOLDAT. Quel vacarme! Qui sont ces betes fauves qui
hurlent?
SECOND SOLDAT. Les Juifs. Ils sont toujours ainsi. C'est sur leur
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde: well. Been dining with my people. Wonder why it is one's people
are always so tedious? My father would talk morality after dinner.
I told him he was old enough to know better. But my experience is
that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't
know anything at all. Hallo, Tuppy! Hear you're going to be
married again; thought you were tired of that game.
LORD AUGUSTUS. You're excessively trivial, my dear boy,
excessively trivial!
CECIL GRAHAM. By the way, Tuppy, which is it? Have you been twice
married and once divorced, or twice divorced and once married? I
say you've been twice divorced and once married. It seems so much
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