| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: Sussex--the Earl of Leicester's right being reserved entire, so
some of the more politic worded their assent, an exception to
which Elizabeth paid no apparent attention. The barge had,
therefore, orders to deposit its royal freight at Deptford, at
the nearest and most convenient point of communication with Sayes
Court, in order that the Queen might satisfy her royal and
maternal solicitude, by making personal inquiries after the
health of the Earl of Sussex.
Raleigh, whose acute spirit foresaw and anticipated important
consequences from the most trifling events, hastened to ask the
Queen's permission to go in the skiff; and announce the royal
Kenilworth |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Bab:A Sub-Deb, Mary Roberts Rinehart by Mary Roberts Rinehart: wherein I sat. I am sure to that he had mentioned me to the
Company, for one and all they stared at me until I think they will
know me the next time they see me.
I still think I would not have been recognized by the Familey had
I not, in a very quiet seen, commenced to sneaze. I did this several
times, and a lot of people looked anoyed, as though I sneazed because
I liked to sneaze. And I looked back at them defiantly, and in so doing,
encountered the gaze of my Maternal Parent.
Oh, Dear Dairy, that I could have died at that moment, and thus,
when streched out a pathetic figure, with tubroses and other
flowers, have compeled their pity. But alas, no. I sneazed again!
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson:
Treasure Island |
