| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The American by Henry James: arts appeared to necessitate, to her mind, a great deal of byplay,
a great standing off with folded arms and head drooping from side to side,
stroking of a dimpled chin with a dimpled hand, sighing and frowning
and patting of the foot, fumbling in disordered tresses for wandering
hair-pins. These performances were accompanied by a restless glance,
which lingered longer than elsewhere upon the gentleman we have described.
At last he rose abruptly, put on his hat, and approached the young lady.
He placed himself before her picture and looked at it for some moments,
during which she pretended to be quite unconscious of his inspection.
Then, addressing her with the single word which constituted the strength
of his French vocabulary, and holding up one finger in a manner which appeared
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac: recognition, but nothing further."
"So," said Sallenauve, sadly, "this is how it all ends!"
La Luigia looked at him a moment, her eyes shining with tears.
"Listen," she said in a resolute and sincere tone: "this is possible.
I have loved you, and after you, no one can enter the heart you have
despised. You will hear that I have lovers; believe it not; you will
not believe it, remembering the woman that I am. But who knows? Later
your life may be swept clean of the other sentiments that have stood
in my way; the freedom, the strangeness of the avowal I have just made
to you will remain in your memory, and then it is not impossible that
after this long rejection you may end by desiring me. If that should
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson: Jo, sweetheart.
Justifeed, executed, made the victim of justice.
Jyle, jail
Kebbuck, cheese.
Ken, to know.
Kenspeckle, conspicuous.
Kilted, tucked up.
Kyte, belly.
Laigh, low.
Laird, landed proprietor.
Lane, alone.
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