| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Whirligigs by O. Henry: save Chiquito River, and it was a mile wrong there.
According to precedent, the Office would be justified in
giving it its complement by course and distance, and
considering the remainder vacant instead of a mere excess.
The Actual Settler was besieging the office with wild
protests in re. Having the nose of a pointer and the eye
of a hawk for the land-shark, he had observed his myrmi-
dons running the lines upon his ground. Making inquiries,
he learned that the spoiler had attacked his home, and he
left the plough in the furrow and took his pen in hand.
One of the protests the Commissioner read twice. It
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Village Rector by Honore de Balzac: Clousier had already seen Veronique at church, and he had formed his
opinion of her without communicating it to any one, not even to
Monsieur Bonnet, with whom he was beginning to be intimate. For the
first time in his life the /juge de paix/ was to be thrown in with
persons able to appreciate him.
When the company were seated round a table handsomely appointed (for
Veronique had sent all her household belongings from Limoges to
Montegnac) the six guests felt a momentary embarrassment. The doctor,
the mayor and the /juge de paix/ knew nothing of Grossetete and
Gerard. But during the first course, old Grossetete's hearty good-
humor broke the ice of a first meeting. In addition to this, Madame
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle: "Fine birds they were, too. Now where did you get them from?"
To my surprise the question provoked a burst of anger from the
salesman.
"Now, then, mister," said he, with his head cocked and his arms
akimbo, "what are you driving at? Let's have it straight, now."
"It is straight enough. I should like to know who sold you the
geese which you supplied to the Alpha."
"Well then, I shan't tell you. So now!"
"Oh, it is a matter of no importance; but I don't know why you
should be so warm over such a trifle."
"Warm! You'd be as warm, maybe, if you were as pestered as I am.
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