| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Ivanhoe by Walter Scott: the part which I am playing. I cannot look on so
fair a face while it is disturbed with agony, or on
those eyes when they are drowned in tears. I would
she had retained her original haughtiness of disposition,
or that I had a larger share of Front-de-Buf's
thrice-tempered hardness of heart!''
Agitated by these thoughts, he could only bid
the unfortunate Rowena be comforted, and assure
her, that as yet she had no reason for the excess of
despair to which she was now giving way. But in
this task of consolation De Bracy was interrupted
Ivanhoe |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy: And then bills were sent in, and the question arose, what could Jude
do with his great-aunt's heavy old furniture, if he left the town
to travel he knew not whither? This, and the necessity of ready money,
compelled him to decide on an auction, much as he would have preferred
to keep the venerable goods.
The day of the sale came on; and Sue for the last time cooked her own,
the child's, and Jude's breakfast in the little house he had furnished.
It chanced to be a wet day; moreover Sue was unwell, and not wishing
to desert her poor Jude in such gloomy circumstances, for he was compelled
to stay awhile, she acted on the suggestion of the auctioneer's man,
and ensconced herself in an upper room, which could be emptied of
Jude the Obscure |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates by Howard Pyle: resuming the thread of talk, "I don't reckon to be too hard on
you. You be only half-witted, anyway, and I sha'n't be too hard
on you. I give you a month to raise that money, and while you're
doing it I'll jest hang around here. I've been in trouble, Hi,
d'ye see. I'm under a cloud and so I want to keep here, as quiet
as may be. I'll tell ye how it came about: I had a set-to with a
land pirate in Philadelphia, and somebody got hurt. That's the
reason I'm here now, and don't you say anything about it. Do you
understand?"
Hiram opened his lips as though it was his intent to answer, then
seemed to think better of it and contented himself by nodding his
Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates |
