| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: "Nell going away!" exclaimed Radford Chase. He reminded Belding
of an overgrown boy in disappointment.
"Yes. But--Miss Burton to you, young man--"
"Mr. Belding, I certainly would prefer a conference with you right
now," interposed the elder Chase, cutting short Belding's strange
speech. "There are other matters--important matters to discuss.
They've got to be settled. May we step in, sir?"
"No, you may not," replied Belding, bluntly. "I'm sure particular
who I invite into my house. But I'll go with you."
Belding stepped out and closed the door. "Come away from the house
so the women won't hear the--the talk."
Desert Gold |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Commission in Lunacy by Honore de Balzac: fashion. Rastignac was at her left hand on a low chair, in which he
looked settled like an Italian lady's "cousin." A third person was
standing by the corner of the chimney-piece. As the shrewd doctor had
suspected, the Marquise was a woman of a parched and wiry
constitution. But for her regimen her complexion must have taken the
ruddy tone that is produced by constant heat; but she added to the
effect of her acquired pallor by the strong colors of the stuffs she
hung her rooms with, or in which she dressed. Reddish-brown, marone,
bistre with a golden light in it, suited her to perfection. Her
boudoir, copied from that of a famous lady then at the height of
fashion in London, was in tan-colored velvet; but she had added
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from 1492 by Mary Johntson: a-scrambling! This cacique had never seen an animal larger
than a fox or a dog, Yet he stood with steadiness, though
his glance shot here and there. The stallion was restless
and fiery-eyed; the bull sent forth a bellow. ``Why do they
come? What will they do here? Will you put them in the
forest? The people will be afraid to wander!''
He looked away to sky and sea and shore. ``It grows
toward night,'' he said. ``I will go back to my town.''
The Admiral said, ``I would first show you the Caribs,''
and took him there where they were bound. The Haytien
regarded them, but the Caribs were as contemptuously silent
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