| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte Sisters: 'I was rather, but it's over now. Do sit here a little and rest,
and tell me how you like this arbour,' said I, and, lifting Arthur
by the shoulders, I planted him in the middle of the seat by way of
securing his mamma, who, acknowledging it to be a tempting place of
refuge, threw herself back in one corner, while I took possession
of the other.
But that word refuge disturbed me. Had their unkindness then
really driven her to seek for peace in solitude?
'Why have they left you alone?' I asked.
'It is I who have left them,' was the smiling rejoinder. 'I was
wearied to death with small talk - nothing wears me out like that.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from An International Episode by Henry James: In front was a gigantic veranda, upon which an army might have encamped--
a vast wooden terrace, with a roof as lofty as the nave of a cathedral.
Here our young Englishmen enjoyed, as they supposed, a glimpse
of American society, which was distributed over the measureless
expanse in a variety of sedentary attitudes, and appeared to consist
largely of pretty young girls, dressed as if for a fete champetre,
swaying to and fro in rocking chairs, fanning themselves with large
straw fans, and enjoying an enviable exemption from social cares.
Lord Lambeth had a theory, which it might be interesting to trace
to its origin, that it would be not only agreeable, but easily possible,
to enter into relations with one of these young ladies; and his companion
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Wrecker by Stevenson & Osbourne: "I warn you," cried the attorney, with sudden shrillness. "Have
a care what you're about. You are here to sell for the
underwriters, let me tell you--not to act for Mr. Douglas
Longhurst. This sale has been already disgracefully interrupted
to allow that person to hold a consultation with his minions. It
has been much commented on."
"There was no complaint at the time," said the auctioneer,
manifestly discountenanced. "You should have complained at
the time."
"I am not here to conduct this sale," replied Bellairs; "I am not
paid for that."
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