| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini: smiling blonde of five-and-forty, who was seated on the lowest of
the steps of the travelling house. "She is our Duegne, or Mother,
or Nurse, as the case requires. She is known quite simply and
royally as Madame. If she ever had a name in the world, she has
long since forgotten it, which is perhaps as well. Then we have
this pert jade with the tip-tilted nose and the wide mouth, who
is of course our soubrette Columbine, and lastly, my daughter
Climene, an amoureuse of talents not to be matched outside the
Comedie Francaise, of which she has the bad taste to aspire to
become a member."
The lovely Climene - and lovely indeed she was - tossed her
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: But long I will not be Jack out of office:
The King from Eltham I intend to steal,
And sit at chiefest stern of public weal.
[Exeunt.]
SCENE II.
France. Before Orleans
[Sound a Flourish. Enter Charles, Alencon, and Reignier,
marching with Drum and Soldiers.]
CHARLES.
Mars his true moving, even as in the heavens
So in the earth, to this day is not known:
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: small harp, about thirty inches in height, she accompanied it
with her voice. The air was an ancient Gaelic melody, and the
words, which were supposed to be very old, were in the same
language; but we subjoin a translation of them, by Secundus
Macpherson, Esq. of Glenforgen, which, although submitted to the
fetters of English rhythm, we trust will be found nearly as
genuine as the version of Ossian by his celebrated namesake.
"Birds of omen dark and foul,
Night-crow, raven, bat, and owl,
Leave the sick man to his dream--
All night long he heard your scream--
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