| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Night and Day by Virginia Woolf: Henry very nearly laughed, but restrained himself.
"Do they know what coals are made of, Henry?" she asked, a moment
later.
"Mares' tails, I believe," he hazarded.
"Have you ever been down a coal-mine?" she went on.
"Don't let's talk about coal-mines, Katharine," he protested. "We
shall probably never see each other again.
When you're married--"
Tremendously to his surprise, he saw the tears stand in her eyes.
"Why do you all tease me?" she said. "It isn't kind."
Henry could not pretend that he was altogether ignorant of her
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: because he has found his address-book, has been to the house that
got the statue, and-mark my words!--is moving at the instigation
of the murderer.'
'I should be very sorry to think so,' said Pitman; 'but I still
consider it my duty to Mr Sernitopolis. . .'
'Pitman,' interrupted Michael, 'this will not do. Don't seek to
impose on your legal adviser; don't try to pass yourself off for
the Duke of Wellington, for that is not your line. Come, I wager
a dinner I can read your thoughts. You still believe it's Uncle
Tim.'
'Mr Finsbury,' said the drawing-master, colouring, 'you are not a
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "About eight o'clock," said Billina. "And everybody ought to be up by
that time, I'm sure."
5. Dorothy Opens the Dinner Pail
"Now Tiktok," said Dorothy, "the first thing to be done is to find a
way for us to escape from these rocks. The Wheelers are down below,
you know, and threaten to kill us."
"There is no rea-son to be a-fraid of the Wheel-ers," said Tiktok, the
words coming more slowly than before.
"Why not?" she asked.
"Be-cause they are ag-g-g--gr-gr-r-r-"
He gave a sort of gurgle and stopped short, waving his hands
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