Colonel Cathcart

           ColonelCathcartwasaslick,successful,slipshod,unhappymanofthirty-sixwholumberedwhenhewalkedandwantedtobeageneral.Hewasdashinganddejected,poisedandchagrined.Hewascomplacentandinsecure,daringintheadministrativestratagemsheemployedtobringhimselftotheattentionofhissuperiorsandcraveninhisconcernthathisschemesmightallbackfire.Hewashandsomeandunattractive,aswashbuckling,beefy,conceitedmanwhowasputtingonfatandwastormentedchronicallybyprolongedseizuresofapprehension.ColonelCathcartwasconceitedbecausehewasafullcolonelwithacombatcommandattheageofonlythirty-six;andColonelCathcartwasdejectedbecausealthoughhewasalreadythirty-sixhewasstillonlyafullcolonel.

           ColonelCathcartwasimpervioustoabsolutes.Hecouldmeasurehisownprogressonlyinrelationshiptoothers,andhisideaofexcellencewastodosomethingatleastaswellasallthemenhisownagewhoweredoingthesamethingevenbetter.Thefactthattherewerethousandsofmenhisownageandolderwhohadnotevenattainedtherankofmajorenlivenedhimwithfoppishdelightinhisownremarkableworth;ontheotherhand,thefactthatthereweremenofhisownageandyoungerwhowerealreadygeneralscontaminatedhimwithanagonizingsenseoffailureandmadehimgnawathisfingernailswithanunappeasableanxietythatwasevenmoreintensethanHungryJoe’s.

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