| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods by Harry Houdini: Mr. Sothern himself soon after
appeared, and, after shaking hands with the
party, thus addressed them:
``Gentlemen, I have invited you here
this evening to witness a few manifestations,
demonstrations, tests, or whatever
you choose to call them, which I have
accidentally discovered that I am able to
perform.
``I am a fire-eater, as it were. (Applause).
``I used to DREAD the fire, having been
Miracle Mongers and Their Methods |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Case of The Lamp That Went Out by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: a mistake. I've got nothin' new to say. And you needn't think
that you can blind me, I know you're one of the police, and I'm
not going to say anything at all."
"Just as you like. I was trying to help you, I believe I really
could help you. I have just come from Hietzing - but of course if
you don't want to talk to me - " Muller shrugged his shoulders and
turned toward the door.
But before he reached it Knoll stood at his side. "You really mean
to help me?" he gasped.
"I do," said the detective calmly.
"Then swear, on your mother's soul - or is your mother still alive?"
|
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad: Before entering the cabin I stood still, listening in the lobby at
the foot of the stairs. A faint snore came through the closed door
of the chief mate's room. The second mate's door was on the hook,
but the darkness in there was absolutely soundless. He, too,
was young and could sleep like a stone. Remained the steward,
but he was not likely to wake up before he was called.
I got a sleeping suit out of my room and, coming back on deck,
saw the naked man from the sea sitting on the main hatch,
glimmering white in the darkness, his elbows on his knees and his
head in his hands. In a moment he had concealed his damp body
in a sleeping suit of the same gray-stripe pattern as the one
The Secret Sharer |
