| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy: and capturing it triumphantly. Her face flushed; and becoming
suddenly conscious he flushed also.
They looked at each other, panting; till he rose and said:
"One kiss, now I can do it without damage to property;
and I'll go!"
But she had jumped up too. "You must find me first!" she cried.
Her lover followed her as she withdrew. It was now dark inside the room,
and the window being small he could not discover for a long time what had
become of her, till a laugh revealed her to have rushed up the stairs,
whither Jude rushed at her heels.
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Jude the Obscure |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy: "That's strange. I was lying down here asleep about five
minutes ago, with the door shut to keep out the weather,
when the brushing of a woman's clothes over the heath-bushes
just outside woke me up, for I don't sleep heavy,
and at the same time I heard a sobbing or crying from
the same woman. I opened my door and held out my lantern,
and just as far as the light would reach I saw a woman;
she turned her head when the light sheened on her,
and then hurried on downhill. I hung up the lantern,
and was curious enough to pull on my things and dog her
a few steps, but I could see nothing of her any more.
Return of the Native |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: sum the stone-cutters at Arbroath had a merry meeting in their
barrack, collected their sweethearts and friends, and
concluded their labours with a dance. It was remarked,
however, that their happiness on this occasion was not without
alloy. The consideration of parting and leaving a steady and
regular employment, to go in quest of work and mix with other
society, after having been harmoniously lodged for years
together in one large "guildhall or barrack," was rather
painful.
[Friday, 6th July]
While the writer was at Edinburgh he was fortunate enough
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