| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: posed to be at Tann, and Butzow knew well enough her
estimate of Leopold to know that she would not be in his
company of her own volition. His expression as he addressed
the man he supposed to be his king was far from deferen-
tial. Barney could scarce repress a smile.
"We will ride at once to the palace," he said. "At the
gate you may instruct one of your sergeants to telephone to
will act as our escort."
Butzow saluted and turned to his troopers, giving the
necessary commands that brought them about in the wake
of the pseudo-king. Once again Barney Custer, of Beatrice,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton: a novel of Trollope's that--
"No one reads Trollope now," Mrs. Ballinger interrupted
impatiently.
Mrs. Roby looked pained. "I'm only just beginning," she
confessed.
"And does he interest you?" Mrs. Plinth inquired.
"He amuses me."
"Amusement," said Mrs. Plinth sententiously, "is hardly what I
look for in my choice of books."
"Oh, certainly, 'The Wings of Death' is not amusing," ventured
Mrs. Leveret, whose manner of putting forth an opinion was like
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Poor and Proud by Oliver Optic: Howard, requesting to see her that afternoon. She did not feel
like spending any more time in idleness, when she had so much
candy to sell; but Tommy's request was not to be neglected; and,
taking her tray, she called at his house as she passed up to the
court.
Tommy had been talking for a year about going to sea, and had
been for some time on the lookout for a chance as a cabin-boy or
a reefer. He had told her his plans, how he intended to be a good
sailor and work his way up to be captain of some fine ship. She
suspected, therefore, that he had found a chance to go to sea,
and wanted to tell her all about it.
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