The Colorless Life of a Captain

The captain reminisces about how an officer he hugely admired, a colorful man of peerless skills, one day quit the cavalry for no apparent reason. How can one explain this trend toward a more colorless and shallow life? Well, the work was easier, if less healthy, and it brought more money, more leisure, and perhaps more entertainment. This all sounds pretty bad, because it is. What response is called for from a man who will not let his dreams be strangled? It is not political action. The reader is left to draw his own conclusions, which makes this a challenging work.