| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories by Alice Dunbar: pensees--c'est ma faute--c'est ma faute--c'est ma tres grande
faute."
The organ pealed forth as mass ended, the throng slowly filed
out, and the sisters paced through the courtway back into the
brown convent walls. One paused at the entrance, and gazed with
swift longing eyes in the direction of narrow, squalid Chartres
Street, then, with a gulping sob, followed the rest, and vanished
behind the heavy door.
THE PRALINE WOMAN
The praline woman sits by the side of the Archbishop's quaint
The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen: A curious look came over Villiers' face; he seemed
undecided whether to speak or not. Austin began again.
"I never experienced such a feeling of horror as when I
read the account of Argentine's death. I didn't understand it
at the time, and I don't now. I knew him well, and it
completely passes my understanding for what possible cause he
-- or any of the others for the matter of that--could have
resolved in cold blood to die in such an awful manner. You
know how men babble away each other's characters in London, you
may be sure any buried scandal or hidden skeleton would have
been brought to light in such a case as this; but nothing of the
The Great God Pan |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain: be divided among the eighteen Incorruptibles. They gave the
suffering stranger twenty dollars apiece--and that remark--each in
his turn--it took twenty-two minutes for the procession to move
past. Staked the stranger--total contribution, $360. All they want
is just the loan back--and interest--forty thousand dollars
altogether."
Many Voices [derisively.] "That's it! Divvy! divvy! Be kind to
the poor--don't keep them waiting!"
The Chair. "Order! I now offer the stranger's remaining document.
It says: 'If no claimant shall appear [grand chorus of groans], I
desire that you open the sack and count out the money to the
The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg |
