| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from To-morrow by Joseph Conrad: gered in the western sky. The man leaned over the
gate in an interested manner.
"You must be Captain Hagberd," he said, with
easy assurance.
The old man spun round, pulling out his spade,
startled by the strange voice.
"Yes, I am," he answered nervously.
The other, smiling straight at him, uttered very
slowly: "You've been advertising for your son, I
believe?"
"My son Harry," mumbled Captain Hagberd,
To-morrow |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Under the Red Robe by Stanley Weyman: in my mind. That sign-post, with the roads pointing north,
south, east, and west--could there be a better place for meetings
and partings?
We came to the bottom of the ascent about an hour before noon, M.
de Cocheforet, Mademoiselle, and I. We had reversed the order of
yesterday, and I rode ahead; they came after at their leisure.
Now, at the foot of the hill I stopped, and letting Mademoiselle
pass on, detained M. de Cocheforet by a gesture.
'Pardon me, one moment,' I said. 'I want to ask a favour.'
He looked at me somewhat fretfully; with a gleam of wildness in
his eyes that betrayed how the iron was, little by little, eating
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen: her as being rather ill-natured, and suggested the suspicion
of that lady's knowing, or fancying herself to know something
to his disadvantage.--But her curiosity was unavailing,
for no farther notice was taken of Mr. Ferrars's name by
Miss Steele when alluded to, or even openly mentioned by Sir
John.
CHAPTER 22
Marianne, who had never much toleration for any
thing like impertinence, vulgarity, inferiority of parts,
or even difference of taste from herself, was at
this time particularly ill-disposed, from the state
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