| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honore de Balzac: The domino cloak and hood were lying on the ground. The bed was
undisturbed. The unhappy creature, stricken to the heart by a mortal
thrust, had, no doubt, made all her arrangements on her return from
the opera. A candle-wick, collapsed in the pool of grease that filled
the candle-sconce, showed how completely her last meditations had
absorbed her. A handkerchief soaked with tears proved the sincerity of
the Magdalen's despair, while her classic attitude was that of the
irreligious courtesan. This abject repentance made the priest smile.
Esther, unskilled in dying, had left the door open, not thinking that
the air of two rooms would need a larger amount of charcoal to make it
suffocating; she was only stunned by the fumes; the fresh air from the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Pupil by Henry James: least feel it with him, so it came to the same thing. He used
sometimes to wonder what people would think they were - to fancy
they were looked askance at, as if it might be a suspected case of
kidnapping. Morgan wouldn't be taken for a young patrician with a
preceptor - he wasn't smart enough; though he might pass for his
companion's sickly little brother. Now and then he had a five-
franc piece, and except once, when they bought a couple of lovely
neckties, one of which he made Pemberton accept, they laid it out
scientifically in old books. This was sure to be a great day,
always spent on the quays, in a rummage of the dusty boxes that
garnish the parapets. Such occasions helped them to live, for
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Rezanov by Gertrude Atherton: 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
girl." She raised her eyes. They were soft, and
her voice was softer. "I beg that you will forgive
me, senor. And be sure that I take an even deeper
interest in your great mission than yesterday. I
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