| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie: act so!"
"Still--I do not see--" I began.
"Neither do I see. I tell you, mon ami, it puzzles me. Me
--Hercule Poirot!"
"But if you believe him innocent, how do you explain his buying
the strychnine?"
"Very simply. He did *NOT buy it."
"But Mace recognized him!"
"I beg your pardon, he saw a man with a black beard like Mr.
Inglethorp's, and wearing glasses like Mr. Inglethorp, and
dressed in Mr. Inglethorp's rather noticeable clothes. He could
The Mysterious Affair at Styles |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Two Noble Kinsmen by William Shakespeare: And have done as good Boyes should doe,
Give us but a tree or twaine
For a Maypole, and againe,
Ere another yeare run out,
Wee'l make thee laugh and all this rout.
THESEUS.
Take 20., Domine; how does my sweet heart?
HIPPOLITA.
Never so pleasd, Sir.
EMILIA.
Twas an excellent dance, and for a preface
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: immediately become unsafe to myself, as it has always been
hateful to you. But I have one protection, and it is a strong
one; for you would not willingly hear me detail before gentlemen,
and men of honour, the singular circumstances in which our
connexion took its rise. As to the rest, I rejoice at its
conclusion; and as I think that Mr. Mareschal and some other
gentlemen will guarantee the safety of my ears and of my throat
(for which last I have more reason to be apprehensive) during the
course of the night, I shall not leave your castle till to-morrow
morning."
"Be it so, sir," replied Mr. Vere; "you are entirely safe from my
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