| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Peter Pan by James M. Barrie: had been a weak man!"
"And, George," she said timidly, "you are as full of remorse as
ever, aren't you?"
"Full of remorse as ever, dearest! See my punishment: living
in a kennel."
"But it is punishment, isn't it, George? You are sure you are
not enjoying it?"
"My love!"
You may be sure she begged his pardon; and then, feeling
drowsy, he curled round in the kennel.
"Won't you play me to sleep," he asked, "on the nursery piano?"
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Off on a Comet by Jules Verne: Of the balloon not a vestige remained, and contrary to previous computation,
the comet had merely grazed the earth, and was traversing the regions
of space, again far away!
CHAPTER XIX
BACK AGAIN
"In Algeria, captain?"
"Yes, Ben Zoof, in Algeria; and not far from Mostaganem." Such were
the first words which, after their return to consciousness,
were exchanged between Servadac and his orderly.
They had resided so long in the province that they could not for a
moment be mistaken as to their whereabouts, and although they were
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Lemorne Versus Huell by Elizabeth Drew Stoddard: "It makes one dreamy."
"A child."
"Yes, a child; not a man nor a woman."
"I teach music. I can not dream over 'one, two, three.'"
"*You*--a music teacher!"
"For six years."
I was aware that he looked at me from head to foot, and I picked
at the lace on my invariable black silk; but what did it matter
whether I owned that I was a genteel pauper, representing my aunt's
position for two months, or not?
"Where?"
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