| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pierrette by Honore de Balzac: the visible parts of her flesh. The neck and shoulders explained by
their blanched paleness the wasted arms, flung forward and crossed
upon the table. Her feet seemed enervated, shrunken from illness. Her
night-gown came only to her knees and showed the flaccid muscles, the
blue veins, the impoverished flesh of the legs. The cold, to which she
paid no heed, turned her lips violet, and a sad smile, drawing up the
corners of a sensitive mouth, showed teeth that were white as ivory
and quite small,--pretty, transparent teeth, in keeping with the
delicate ears, the rather sharp but dainty nose, and the general
outline of her face, which, in spite of its roundness, was lovely. All
the animation of this charming face was in the eyes, the iris of
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: consolation of the wretched.--Go hence, thou who hast contrived
to give an additional pang to the most miserable of human beings
--thou who hast deprived me of what I half considered as a source
of comfort. Go hence, and enjoy the happiness prepared for thee
at home!"
"Never stir," said Hobbie, "if I wadna take you wi' me, man, if
ye wad but say it wad divert ye to be at the bridal on Monday.
There will be a hundred strapping Elliots to ride the brouze--the
like's no been seen sin' the days of auld Martin of the Preakin-
tower--I wad send the sled for ye wi' a canny powny."
"Is it to me you propose once more to mix in the society of the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Collection of Antiquities by Honore de Balzac: will go to his niece, Mlle. Duval. M. Duval is an ironmaster, his
purse is tolerably filled, to begin with, and his father is still
alive, and has a little property besides. The father and son have a
million of francs between them; they will double it with du Croisier's
help, for du Croisier has business connections among great capitalists
and manufacturers in Paris. M. and Mme. Duval the younger would be
certain to give their daughter to a suitor brought forward by du
Croisier, for he is sure to leave two fortunes to his niece; and, in
all probability, he will settle the reversion of his wife's property
upon Mlle. Duval in the marriage contract, for Mme. du Croisier has no
kin. You know how du Croisier hates the d'Esgrignons. Do him a
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