| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Awakening & Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin: dead?" He spoke very low, advisedly, and impressively. In his
voice was an old quaver which was not habitual and there was
agitation in every line of his visage. She gazed at him with eyes
that were full of supplication and a certain terror of joy.
They had been driving through the lane with the towering hedge
on one side and the open meadow on the other. The horses had
somewhat quickened their lazy pace. As they turned into the avenue
leading to the house, a whole choir of feathered songsters fluted
a sudden torrent of melodious greeting from their leafy hiding
places.
Octavie felt as if she had passed into a stage of existence
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The American by Henry James: He was on the point of saying something himself, to make
the chance which he had determined to give her still better,
when the servant announced another visitor. The duchess,
on hearing the name--it was that of an Italian prince--
gave a little imperceptible pout, and said to Newman, rapidly:
"I beg you to remain; I desire this visit to be short."
Newman said to himself, at this, that Madame d'Outreville intended,
after all, that they should discuss the Bellegardes together.
The prince was a short, stout man, with a head disproportionately large.
He had a dusky complexion and a bushy eyebrow, beneath which his
eye wore a fixed and somewhat defiant expression; he seemed to be
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: him up river only the other day."
"No; his daughter."
"Mina?"
"Yes. Lord knows where she got it. But get it she did. Mrs. Orde
happened to be with her when she was taken with the fever and
distressing symptoms that begin the disease. As a neighbourly deed
she remained with the girl. Of course no one could tell it was
smallpox at that time. Next day, however, the characteristic rash
appeared on the thighs and armpits, and I diagnosed the case." Dr.
McMullen laughed a little bitterly. "Lord, you ought to have seen
them run! Servants, neighbours, friends--they all skedaddled, and
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