to show him round Outwood's house, searching for boots with red paint on them, and he finds one of Mike's with paint on it. Psmith successfully hides the boot, but does not tell Mike, so Mike ends up wearing shoes to school, attracting Downing's attention. Meanwhile, Stone and Robinson, not pleased with Adair's proposal to hold an early-morning cricket practice, decide they can safely skip it. Adair has other ideas, and fights Stone, bullying them both into playing. He then visits Mike and invites him to either play or fight. Despite being the better boxer, Adair loses his temper, and loses the fight. Psmith persuades Mike to play, telling him that he also will be playing, revealing that he had been a very good bowler at Eton. Adair sprained a wrist during the fight and is unable to play; the match is rained out. Downing tells the headmaster that he suspects Mike of painting Sammy, but it is found out that it had been done by Dunster, an old student. Mike and Adair arrange a match between Sedleigh and Wrykyn, and Sedleigh wins. Characters Michael "Mike" Jackson, main protagonist. Mike is described as being ordinary at everything except cricket, where he is a "natural genius". He is fifteen years old in the beginning of Part I and eighteen years old in Part II. Bob Jackson, Mike's older brother, a prefect at Wrykyn Trevor and Clowes, two friends of Bob Jackson, both cricketers "Gazeka" Firby-Smith, head of Mike's house at Wrykyn Mr Wain, master of Mike's house at Wrykyn James Wyatt, Mr Wain's stepson, Mike's roommate Burgess, Wrykyn cricket captain Neville-Smith, Wrykyn day boy and good bowler Rupert Psmith, boy who joins Sedleigh at the same time as Mike Mr Outwood, amiable master of Mike's house at Sedleigh Spiller, boy in Outwood's, whose study is taken by Psmith and Mike Stone, boy in Outwood's Robinson, boy in Outwood's, Stone's friend Tom Jellicoe, boy in Outwood's house, Mike and Psmith's roommate Mr Downing, unpopular master of another house Adair, Sedleigh cricket captain Dunster, Sedleigh old boy Sergeant Collard, school sergeant at Sedleigh Related stories Both Mike and Psmith feature in several later novels by Wodehouse: Psmith in the City (1910) Psmith, Journalist (1915) Leave it to Psmith (1923) Wrykyn school had previously appeared in two novels: The Gold Bat (1904) The White Feather (1907) Several short stories are also set at Wrykyn,