| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Pocket Diary Found in the Snow by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: Fellner rang a bell and Berner appeared. "Give this gentleman Miss
Asta's picture. Take the one in the silver frame on my desk"; the
old gentleman's voice was friendly but faint with fatigue. His old
servant looked at him in deep anxiety. Fellner smiled weakly and
nodded to the man. "Sad news, Berner! Sad news and bad news. Our
poor Asta is being held a prisoner by some unknown villain who
threatens her with death."
"My God, is it possible? Can't we help the poor young lady?"
"We will try to help her, or if it is - too late, we will at least
avenge her. My entire fortune shall be given up for it. But bring
her picture now."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Witch, et. al by Anton Chekhov: long red beard. They are still as poor as ever.
In the early spring the Obrutchanovo peasants were sawing wood
near the station. And after work they were going home; they
walked without haste one after the other. Broad saws curved over
their shoulders; the sun was reflected in them. The nightingales
were singing in the bushes on the bank, larks were trilling in
the heavens. It was quiet at the New Villa; there was not a soul
there, and only golden pigeons -- golden because the sunlight was
streaming upon them -- were flying over the house. All of them --
Rodion, the two Lytchkovs, and Volodka -- thought of the white
horses, the little ponies, the fireworks, the boat with the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: She knitted her brows.
"What does one do with points?"
"One deals with them."
"M'm. Well, you can see what you can do, if you like. You
mustn't be rough with the bag. It's sensitive, for all that it's
made of pigskin."
"May I have the alleged key? Thank you. It is not by force, but
by persuasion, that I- ahem- gain my points."
"I should think you're an only child."
"I am," I said. "That's why."
We were in a first- class compartment on the London South
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