| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: destroy him who possesses the treasure."
"But Zadok," said Aben Hassen; "what of Zadok?"
"Fly from the monster while there is yet time to escape," said
the Talisman, "and have no more to do with thy Demon slave, for
already he is weaving a net of death and destruction about thy
feet."
The Wise Man sat all that night pondering and thinking upon what
the Talisman had said. When morning came he washed and dressed
himself, and called the Demon Zadok to him. "Zadok," said he,
"carry me to the palace of the queen." In the twinkling of an eye
the Demon transported him to the steps of the palace.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Beauty and The Beast by Bayard Taylor: -also had his mystery, which might, or might not, be identical with
the first. By comparing dates, I found that the entry made
December 27 was three days later than the date of the letter of
"Amelie de----"; and the exclamation "All for naught!"
certainly referred to the disappointment it contained. I now
guessed the "H." in the second entry to mean "Helmine." The two
last suggested a removal to Warsaw from the country. Here was a
little more ground to stand on; but how should I ever get at the
secret?
I took up the torn half of a note, which, after the first
inspection, I had laid aside as a hopeless puzzle. A closer
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from When a Man Marries by Mary Roberts Rinehart: and if the others aren't around, we'll eat it ourselves."
"Well," I said, trying to remember exactly, "you take two eggs--"
"Two!" he repeated. "Two eggs for ten people!"
"Don't interrupt me," I said irritably. "If--if two isn't enough
we can make several omelets, one after the other."
He looked at me with admiration.
"Who else but you would have thought of that!" he remarked.
"Well, here are two eggs. What next?"
"Separate them," I said easily. No, I didn't know what it meant.
I hoped he would; I said it as casually as I could, and I did not
look at him. I knew he was staring at me, puzzled.
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