| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield: "Quite."
"Hans, move these tables into the smoking-room, and bring a sweeper to take
these marks off the carpet and--one moment, Hans--" Jose loved giving
orders to the servants, and they loved obeying her. She always made them
feel they were taking part in some drama. "Tell mother and Miss Laura to
come here at once.
"Very good, Miss Jose."
She turned to Meg. "I want to hear what the piano sounds like, just in
case I'm asked to sing this afternoon. Let's try over 'This life is
Weary.'"
Pom! Ta-ta-ta Tee-ta! The piano burst out so passionately that Jose's
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Two Noble Kinsmen by William Shakespeare: THESEUS.
I, I, by any meanes, deere Domine.
PERITHOUS.
Produce.
(SCHOOLMASTER.)
Intrate, filij; Come forth, and foot it.--
[Musicke, Dance. Knocke for Schoole.]
[Enter the Dance.]
Ladies, if we have beene merry,
And have pleasd yee with a derry,
And a derry, and a downe,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce: -- a gentle slope topped with a stockade of vertical tree
trunks, loopholed for rifles, with a single embrasure
through which protruded the muzzle of a brass cannon
commanding the bridge. Midway up the slope between the
bridge and fort were the spectators -- a single company of
infantry in line, at "parade rest," the butts of their rifles
on the ground, the barrels inclining slightly backward
against the right shoulder, the hands crossed upon the stock.
A lieutenant stood at the right of the line, the point
of his sword upon the ground, his left hand resting upon his
right. Excepting the group of four at the center of the
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