| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Polly of the Circus by Margaret Mayo: Their evenings were divided between making plans for these
unfortunates and reading aloud from the Bible or other books.
When Polly gained courage, Douglas sometimes persuaded her to
read to him--and the little corrections that he made at these
times soon became noticeable in her manner of speech. She was so
eager, so starved for knowledge, that she drank it as fast as he
could give it. It was during their talks about grammar that
Mandy generally fell asleep in her rocker, her unfinished sewing
still in her lap.
When a letter came from Jim and Toby, it was always shared
equally by Mandy and Hasty, Polly and the pastor. But at last a
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad: upset to speak - only gurgles and waves his arms; so sudden, you
see. The other, warming his back at the fire, goes on. Wood-pulp
business next door to a failure. Tinned-fruit trade nearly played
out. . . You're frightened, he says; but the law is only meant to
frighten fools away. . . And he shows how safe casting away that
ship would be. Premiums paid for so many, many years. No shadow
of suspicion could arise. And, dash it all! a ship must meet her
end some day. . .
"I am not frightened. I am indignant," says George Dunbar.
"Cloete boiling with rage inside. Chance of a lifetime - his
chance! And he says kindly: Your wife'll be much more indignant
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from In a German Pension by Katherine Mansfield: Herr Brechenmacher lurched in.
6. THE MODERN SOUL.
"Good-evening," said the Herr Professor, squeezing my hand; "wonderful
weather! I have just returned from a party in the wood. I have been
making music for them on my trombone. You know, these pine-trees provide
most suitable accompaniment for a trombone! They are sighing delicacy
against sustained strength, as I remarked once in a lecture on wind
instruments in Frankfort. May I be permitted to sit beside you on this
bench, gnadige Frau?"
He sat down, tugging at a white-paper package in the tail pocket of his
coat.
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