The Goal-Keeper and the Plutocrat — P.G. Wodehouse

THE main difficulty in writing a story is to convey to the reader clearly yet tersely the natures and dispositions of one's leading characters. Brevity, brevity-that is the cry. Perhaps, after all, the play-bill style is the best. In this drama of love, football (Association code), and politics, then, the principals are as follows, in their order of entry: ISABEL RACKSTRAW (an angel).