| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo: on his melon patch.
Less than ten minutes later, Father Fauchelevent, whose bell put
the nuns in his road to flight, tapped gently at a door, and a gentle
voice replied: "Forever! Forever!" that is to say: "Enter."
The door was the one leading to the parlor reserved for seeing
the gardener on business. This parlor adjoined the chapter hall.
The prioress, seated on the only chair in the parlor, was waiting
for Fauchelevent.
CHAPTER II
FAUCHELEVENT IN THE PRESENCE OF A DIFFICULTY
It is the peculiarity of certain persons and certain professions,
Les Miserables |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Whirligigs by O. Henry: fight before the court."
Nancy Derwent was not so hardened. She was look-
ing with sympathetic interest at Joya Treviņas and at
Littlefield alternately. The deputy repeated the dis-
trict attorney's words to the girl. She spoke a sentence
or two in a low voice, pulled her shawl closely about her
face, and left the room.
"What did she say then?" asked the district attorney.
"Nothing special," said the deputy. "She said: 'If
the life of the one' -- let's see how it went -- 'Si la vida
de ella a quien tu amas -- if the life of the girl you love is
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: bat-holes for the beacon-house, and had a very prosperous tide
of four hours' work, being the longest yet experienced by half
an hour.
The boats left the rock again at ten o'clock, and the
weather having cleared up as we drew near the vessel, the
eighteen artificers who had remained on board were observed
upon deck, but as the boats approached they sought their way
below, being quite ashamed of their conduct. This was the
only instance of refusal to go to the rock which occurred
during the whole progress of the work, excepting that of the
four men who declined working upon Sunday, a case which the
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