cricket cup victory and Monk leaving the school. Farnie has also been taken out of the school by his father, but repaid the four pounds to Gethryn. Gethryn feels he can now tell Reece and Marriott what happened the day of the M.C.C. match. Wilson hears Gethryn's story, and decides he should tell Norris. In a rugby match, Norris passes the ball to Gethryn, allowing him to make a dramatic score. He explains that Wilson told him the story and all is well between them again. Characters Students at Beckford: Alan Gethryn, nicknamed "the Bishop", the Head-prefect of Mr Leicester's House in the Sixth form, member of the First Eleven and First Fifteen, also appears in "Personally Conducted" Marriott, a prefect of Leicester's and Gethryn's friend who shares a study with him Reginald Farnie, Gethryn's supercilious uncle who is four years his junior, member of Leicester's House and the Upper Fourth form Percy V. Wilson, Marriott's reliable fag, member of Leicester's House and the Lower Fourth form Pringle, a member of the School House, the school cricket team and the Remove who enjoys disagreeing with others and giving people advice Lorimer, a prosaic student in the Upper Fifth form who shares a study with Pringle in the School House Reece, a member of Leicester's and the First Eleven who tends to be reminded of long stories Norris, the Head of Jephson's and Beckford cricket captain Jack Monk, a disreputable member of Leicester's in the Remove, often makes trouble along with his friends and acquaintances or "the Mob" Beckford staff and other characters: The Rev. James Beckett, the Headmaster of Beckford and the housemaster of the School House Mr Jephson, a schoolmaster in charge of the school cricket and a housemaster (of Jephson's House) Mr Lawrie, the master of the Sixth form, who wrote a book of poetry under a pseudonym Mr Mortimer Wells, an old pupil of the Headmaster's and the judge in the poetry contest Colonel Ashby, a friend of Pringle's father About the author: P.G Wodehouse was born on October 15, 1881, Guildford, Surrey, England and has died on February 14, 1975, Southampton, New York, U.S. Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. Wodehouse spent happy teenage years at Dulwich College, to which he remained devoted all his life. He wrote books from 1902-