| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: military matters; somewhat irregular, though, and smells a little
too much of selling the bear's skin before he has hunted him.--I
will take the matter, however, into my consideration."
"Do so, Captain," said Lord Menteith; "you will have the night to
think of it, for we are now near the house, where I hope to
ensure you a hospitable reception."
"And that is what will be very welcome," said the Captain, "for I
have tasted no food since daybreak but a farl of oatcake, which I
divided with my horse. So I have been fain to draw my sword-belt
three bores tighter for very extenuation, lest hunger and heavy
iron should make the gird slip."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Vendetta by Honore de Balzac: piquant effects of light and shade. This group was the prettiest of
all the pictures in the studio.
A fair young girl, very simply dressed, sat at some distance from her
companions, working bravely and seeming to be in dread of some mishap.
No one looked at her, or spoke to her; she was much the prettiest, the
most modest, and, apparently, the least rich among them. Two principal
groups, distinctly separated from each other, showed the presence of
two sets or cliques, two minds even here, in this studio, where one
might suppose that rank and fortune would be forgotten.
But, however that might be, these young girls, sitting or standing, in
the midst of their color-boxes, playing with their brushes or
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Vicar of Tours by Honore de Balzac: agreement in the matter with Mademoiselle, for she has sent me to ask
how long you intend to remain in the country. The event of a long
absence was not foreseen in the agreement, and may lead to a contest.
Now, Mademoiselle Gamard understanding that your board--"
"Monsieur," said Birotteau, amazed, and again interrupting the lawyer,
"I did not suppose it necessary to employ, as it were, legal means
to--"
"Mademoiselle Gamard, who is anxious to avoid all dispute," said
Monsieur Caron, "has sent me to come to an understanding with you."
"Well, if you will have the goodness to return to-morrow," said the
abbe, "I shall then have taken advice in the matter."
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