| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Faith of Men by Jack London: David Rasmunsen too well to say anything.
"Doubling the time because of chance delays, I should make the trip
in two months. Think of it, Alma! Four thousand in two months!
Beats the paltry hundred a month I'm getting now. Why, we'll build
further out where we'll have more space, gas in every room, and a
view, and the rent of the cottage'll pay taxes, insurance, and
water, and leave something over. And then there's always the
chance of my striking it and coming out a millionaire. Now tell
me, Alma, don't you think I'm very moderate?"
And Alma could hardly think otherwise. Besides, had not her own
cousin,--though a remote and distant one to be sure, the black
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from An Unsocial Socialist by George Bernard Shaw: was a loud bell, used to summon a servant from the college to
open the gates; for though there was a porter's lodge, it was
uninhabited.
"Who on earth can it be?" said Agatha. "Can't they find the
wicket, the idiots?"
"Oh, I hope not! Do come upstairs, Agatha."
"No, I won't. Go you, if you like." But Gertrude was afraid to go
alone. "I think I had better waken Miss Wilson, and tell her,"
continued Agatha. "It seems awful to shut anybody out on such a
night as this."
"But we don't know who it is."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Light of Western Stars by Zane Grey: remarkable reception from Stewart, who gave a tigerish start;
from Stillwell, whose big hands tore at the neck of his shirt, as
if he was choking; from Alfred, who now strode hotly forward, to
be stopped by the cold and silent Nels; from Monty Price, who
uttered a violent "Aw!" which was both a hiss and a roar.
In the rush of her thought Madeline could not interpret the
meaning of these things which seemed so strange at that moment.
But they were portentous. Even as she was forming a reply to
Hawe's speech she felt a chill creep over her.
"Stewart detained me in the waiting-room," she said, clear-voiced
as a bell. "But we were not alone--all the time."
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