| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: "I am mute, madam answered Varney; "and as I have no reason to
grieve for Tressilian, who would have my heart's blood were he
able, I shall reconcile myself easily to what may befall the
gentleman in consequence of your frank disclosure of his having
presumed to intrude upon your solitude. You, who know my lord so
much better than I, will judge if he be likely to bear the insult
unavenged."
"Nay, if I could think myself the cause of Tressilian's ruin,"
said the Countess, "I who have already occasioned him so much
distress, I might be brought to be silent. And yet what will it
avail, since he was seen by Foster, and I think by some one else?
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Yates Pride by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: never heard to cry at all.
"Must be a very good child," said Abby.
"Must be a very healthy child," said Mrs. Lee, who had had
experience with crying babies.
"Well, she has it, anyhow," said Mrs. Glynn.
Right upon the announcement came proof. The beautiful door of
the old colonial mansion opposite was thrown open, and clumsy and
cautious motion was evident. Presently a tall, slender woman
came down the path between the box borders, pushing a
baby-carriage. It was undoubtedly a very old carriage. It must
have dated back to the fifties, if not the forties. It was made
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Melmoth Reconciled by Honore de Balzac: the Retreat from Moscow, followed by six months of enforced idleness
at Strasbourg, whither several officers had been transported by order
of the Emperor, that they might receive skilled attention. This
particular officer, Castanier by name, retired with the honorary grade
of colonel, and a pension of two thousand four hundred francs.
In ten years' time the cashier had completely effaced the soldier, and
Castanier inspired the banker with such trust in him, that he was
associated in the transactions that went on in the private office
behind his little counting-house. The baron himself had access to it
by means of a secret staircase. There, matters of business were
decided. It was the bolting-room where proposals were sifted; the
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