| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum: when the ship tipped sidewise.
Dorothy had almost fallen asleep when she was aroused with a start to
find that Uncle Henry was missing. She couldn't imagine where he had
gone, and as he was not very strong she began to worry about him, and
to fear he might have been careless enough to go on deck. In that
case he would be in great danger unless he instantly came down again.
The fact was that Uncle Henry had gone to lie down in his little
sleeping-berth, but Dorothy did not know that. She only remembered
that Aunt Em had cautioned her to take good care of her uncle, so at
once she decided to go on deck and find him, in spite of the fact that
the tempest was now worse than ever, and the ship was plunging in a
Ozma of Oz |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte: that Miss Murray was gone, I could have my old corner again. I
should see him, and by look, speech, and manner, I might judge
whether the circumstance of her marriage had very much afflicted
him. Happily I could perceive no shadow of a difference: he wore
the same aspect as he had worn two months ago - voice, look,
manner, all alike unchanged: there was the same keen-sighted,
unclouded truthfulness in his discourse, the same forcible
clearness in his style, the same earnest simplicity in all he said
and did, that made itself, not marked by the eye and ear, but felt
upon the hearts of his audience.
I walked home with Miss Matilda; but HE DID NOT JOIN US. Matilda
Agnes Grey |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: must return anon."
Myles's head was in a whirl as he hastily changed his clothes for
a better suit, Gascoyne helping him. What could the Earl want
with him at this hour? He knew in his heart what it was; the
interview could concern nothing but the letter that he had sent
to Lady Alice that day. As he followed the groom through the now
dark and silent courts, and across the corner of the great
quadrangle, and so to the Earl's house, he tried to brace his
failing courage to meet the coming interview. Nevertheless, his
heart beat tumultuously as he followed the other down the long
corridor, lit only by a flaring link set in a wrought-iron
Men of Iron |
