| The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Eugenie Grandet by Honore de Balzac: uttered inarticulate cries.
"How he loves his father!" said Eugenie in a low voice.
In the utterance of those words it was impossible to mistake the hopes
of a heart that, unknown to itself, had suddenly become passionate.
Madame Grandet cast a mother's look upon her daughter, and then
whispered in her ear,--
"Take care, you will love him!"
"Love him!" answered Eugenie. "Ah! if you did but know what my father
said to Monsieur Cruchot."
Charles turned over, and saw his aunt and cousin.
"I have lost my father, my poor father! If he had told me his secret
Eugenie Grandet |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: certainly has been keeping company long enough with Mary Bennet. You are the
only Zane who has conquered that adventurous spirit and the desire to be
always roaming the woods in search of something to kill. Your old boy, Noah,
is growing up like all the Zanes. He fights with all the children in the
settlement. I cannot break him of it. He is not a bully, for I have never
known him to do anything mean or cruel. It is just sheer love of fighting."
"Ha! Ha! I fear you will not break him of that," answered Col. Zane. "It is a
good joke to say he gets it all from the Zanes. How about the McCollochs? What
have you to say of your father and the Major and John McColloch? They are not
anything if not the fighting kind. It's the best trait the youngster could
have, out here on the border. He'll need it all. Don't worry about him. Where
Betty Zane |
