Presently he pointed to the iris of the West : `` That 's beautiful , is n't , it , Mistress Blythe ? But I wish you could have seen the sunrise this morning . It was a wonderful thing -- wonderful . I 've seen all kinds of sunrises come over that gulf . I 've been all over the world , Mistress Blythe , and take it all in all , I 've never seen a finer sight than a summer sunrise over the gulf . A man ca n't pick his time for dying , Mistress Blythe -- jest got to go when the Great Captain gives His sailing orders . But if I could I 'd go out when the morning comes across that water . I 've watched it many a time and thought what a thing it would be to pass out through that great white glory to whatever was waiting beyant , on a sea that ai n't mapped out on any airthly chart . I think , Mistress Blythe , that I 'd find lost Margaret there . '' Captain Jim had often talked to Anne of lost Margaret since he had told her the old story . His love for her trembled in every tone -- that love that had never grown faint or forgetful . `` Anyway , I hope when my time comes I 'll go quick and easy . I do n't think I 'm a coward , Mistress Blythe -- I 've looked an ugly death in the face more than once without blenching . But the thought of a lingering death does give me a queer , sick feeling of horror . '' `` Do n't talk about leaving us , dear , DEAR Captain , Jim , '' pleaded Anne , in a choked voice , patting the old brown hand , once so strong , but now grown very feeble . `` What would we do without you ? '' Captain Jim smiled beautifully . `` Oh , you 'd get along nicely -- nicely -- but you would n't forget the old man altogether , Mistress Blythe -- no , I do n't think you 'll ever quite forget him . The race of Joseph always remembers one another . But it 'll be a memory that wo n't hurt -- I like to think that my memory wo n't hurt my friends -- it 'll always be kind of pleasant to them , I hope and believe .
It wo n't be very long now before lost Margaret calls me , XXXXX the last time .
across along for if of on over than that through