| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson: the province. Accustomed as I am to Courts, I cannot but feel it
is no atmosphere for a plain soldier; and I could never hope to
advance by similar means, even could I stoop to the endeavour. But
our friend has a particular aptitude to succeed by the means of
ladies; and if all be true that I have heard, he enjoyed a
remarkable protection. It is like this turned against him; for
when I had the honour to shake him by the hand, he was but newly
released from the Bastille, where he had been cast on a sealed
letter; and, though now released, has both lost his regiment and
his pension. My dear sir, the loyalty of a plain Irishman will
ultimately succeed in the place of craft; as I am sure a gentleman
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Chance by Joseph Conrad: she had recognized me now. Her serious expression extinguished the
imbecile grin of which I was conscious. I raised my hat. She
responded with a slow inclination of the head while her luminous,
mistrustful, maiden's glance seemed to whisper, "What is this one
doing here?"
"I came up to town with Fyne this morning," I said in a businesslike
tone. "I have to see a friend in East India Dock. Fyne and I
parted this moment at the door here . . . " The girl regarded me
with darkening eyes . . . "Mrs. Fyne did not come with her husband,"
I went on, then hesitated before that white face so still in the
pearly shadow thrown down by the hat-brim. "But she sent him," I
Chance |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: attempt at escape?" he asked.
"No," she replied, "I shall never give up like that. What I
meant was that it was useless to attempt to reach either of the
places where we know that there is food and water in abun-
dance, so we must strike out in a new direction. Somewhere
there may be water in this wilderness and if there is, the best
chance of our finding it would be to follow this gorge down-
ward. We have enough food and water left, if we are careful
of it, for a couple of days and in that time we might stumble
upon a spring or possibly even reach the fertile country which
I know lies to the south. When Usanga brought me to the
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