| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft: rich deposit far to the right of the main line of ascent. Once
or twice Carter dared to look around, and was almost stunned by
the spread of landscape below. All the island betwixt him and
the coast lay open to his sight, with Baharna's stone terraces
and the smoke of its chimneys mystical in the distance. And beyond
that the illimitable Southern Sea with all its curious secrets.
Thus far there had been much winding around the mountain, so
that the farther and carven side was still hidden. Carter now
saw a ledge running upward and to the left which seemed to head
the way he wished, and this course he took in the hope that it
might prove continuous. After ten minutes he saw it was indeed
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart: of a connoisseur, and even when he was about to go he cast a
loving eye back at the weapons.
"Ever been in the army?" he inquired.
"No," I said with a bitterness that he noticed but failed to
comprehend. "I'm a chocolate cream soldier - you don't read Shaw,
I suppose, Johnson?"
"Never heard of him," the detective said indifferently. "Well,
good night, Mr. Blakeley. Much obliged." At the door he hesitated
and coughed.
"I suppose you understand, Mr. Blakeley," he said awkwardly, "that
this - er - surveillance is all in the day's work. I don't like it,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy: The eyes of each were then so intently converged upon
the stone that one could fancy their beams were visible,
like rays in a fog.
Venn lifted the box, and behold a triplet of sixes
was disclosed.
Wildeve was full of fury. While the reddleman was grasping
the stakes Wildeve seized the dice and hurled them, box and all,
into the darkness, uttering a fearful imprecation.
Then he arose and began stamping up and down like a madman.
"It is all over, then?" said Venn.
"No, no!" cried Wildeve. "I mean to have another chance yet.
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