Rich comedy and thrilling tragedy were both lying hidden in Captain Jim's "life-book," waiting for the touch of the master hand to waken the laughter and grief and horror of thousands.
Anne said something of this to Gilbert as they walked home.
"Why don't you try your hand at it yourself, Anne ?" Anne shook her head.
"No.

I only wish I could.

But it's not in the power of my gift.

You know what my forte is, Gilbert--the fanciful, the fairylike, the pretty.

To write Captain Jim's life-book as it should be written one should be a master of vigorous yet subtle style, a keen psychologist, a born humorist and a born tragedian.