| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: less at the mouth of the cave when she had been dragged forth
by her captor, there seemed no power at their command which
could guide them safely.
The two had scarcely mentioned the ape-man since their
capture, for each realized fully what his loss meant to them.
They had compared notes relative to those few exciting mo-
ments of the final attack and capture and had found that they
agreed perfectly upon all that had occurred. Smith-Oldwick
had even seen the lion leap upon Tarzan at the instant that the
former was awakened by the roars of the charging beasts, and
though the night had been dark, he had been able to see that
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Octopus by Frank Norris: been denied him. At last he could achieve.
Abruptly Magnus was aware that some one had spoken his name. He
looked about and saw behind him, at a little distance, two
gentlemen, strangers to him. They had withdrawn from the crowd
into a little recess. Evidently having no women to look after,
they had lost interest in the afternoon's affair. Magnus
realised that they had not seen him. One of them was reading
aloud to his companion from an evening edition of that day's
newspaper. It was in the course of this reading that Magnus
caught the sound of his name. He paused, listening, and Presley,
Harran and Cedarquist followed his example. Soon they all
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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: I said.
"I know," she said severely. "But the poor man- "
"She's taken quite a fancy to me," said I.
She drew back, biting a red lip and trying hard not to smile.
"He'll soon be back," I went on, "and then you're going to have
your show. Kindly ascend the throne. All queens do sooner or
later.
"Really, I think he's had enough," she said, settling herself in
the high-backed chair.
After a little argument:
"All you've got to remember," I said, "is that you're awfully
The Brother of Daphne |
