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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 playbill 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). / The Hon. Clarence Tresillian (a Greek god). / Lady Runnymede (a proud old aristocrat). / Mr. Rackstraw (a multi-millionaire City man and Radical politician).