| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Europeans by Henry James: but he said nothing about her. He began to laugh.
"I don't wonder at his passion! But I wonder at his forsaking
your society for that of your brother's paint-brushes."
Eugenia was silent a little. "He had not been in the studio.
I invented that at the moment."
"Invented it? For what purpose?"
"He has an idea of being romantic. He has adopted the habit
of coming to see me at midnight--passing only through the orchard
and through Felix's painting-room, which has a door opening that way.
It seems to amuse him," added Eugenia, with a little laugh.
Acton felt more surprise than he confessed to, for this was a new
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Wrecker by Stevenson & Osbourne: to the seaward. Presently a ruddy star appeared inshore of us,
and seemed to draw near unsteadily. This was the anticipated
signal; and we made haste to show the countersign, lowering a
white light from the quarter, extinguishing the two others, and
laying the schooner incontinently to. The star approached
slowly; the sounds of oars and of men's speech came to us
across the water; and then a voice hailed us.
"Is that Mr. Dodd?"
"Yes," I returned. "Is Jim Pinkerton there?"
"No, sir," replied the voice. "But there's one of his crowd here;
name of Speedy."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: If Salisbury be lost.
RICHARD.
My noble father,
Three times to-day I holp him to his horse,
Three times bestrid him; thrice I led him off,
Persuaded him from any further act;
But still, where danger was, still there I met him;
And like rich hangings in a homely house,
So was his will in his old feeble body.
But, noble as he is, look where he comes.
[Enter SALISBURY.]
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