| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Prince of Bohemia by Honore de Balzac: (after fishing in the troubled waters of political intrigue) has quite
recently been made a peer of France and a count. As yet our friend
does not venture to bear his honors; his wife merely puts 'La Comtesse
du Bruel' on her cards. The sometime playwright has the Order of
Leopold, the Order of Isabella, the cross of Saint-Vladimir, second
class, the Order of Civil Merit of Bavaria, the Papal Order of the
Golden Spur,--all the lesser orders, in short, besides the Grand
Cross.
"Three months ago Claudine drove to La Palferine's door in her
splendid carriage with its armorial bearings. Du Bruel's grandfather
was a farmer of taxes ennobled towards the end of Louis Quatorze's
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: merry; these are mine ingles--mine ancient inmates, and will
betray no man."
"Had you not better withdraw to a private apartment, nephew?"
said Giles Gosling. "You speak strange matter," he added, "and
there be intelligencers everywhere."
"I care not for them," said the magnanimous Michael--
"intelligencers? pshaw! I serve the noble Earl of Leicester.
--Here comes the wine.--Fill round, Master Skinker, a carouse to
the health of the flower of England, the noble Earl of Leicester!
I say, the noble Earl of Leicester! He that does me not reason
is a swine of Sussex, and I'll make him kneel to the pledge, if I
Kenilworth |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: tell me, though he had only been home three
weeks. You remember that Sunday when I
went with Emil up to the French Church fair?
I thought that day there was some kind of feel-
ing, something unusual, between them. I
meant to talk to you about it. But on my way
back I met Lou and Oscar and got so angry
that I forgot everything else. You mustn't
be hard on them, Alexandra. Sit down here
by the pond a minute. I want to tell you
something."
O Pioneers! |
