Sahib, you worry overmuch about offending me.

Gooper? That overstuffed egocentric top-heavy ginger walrus? Oh, he’s a nice feller.

A wide gentleman in a tweed coat arrives, removing a bowler hat. He has massive shoulders and very little neck. His uncombed hair and mustache blaze a vivid red, but his pallid skin tones are fish belly white.

Your date isn’t going well when he says of the wine: “It is not poisoned, see?”

Cecilia “Ace” Carroway has a sense of humor, but she’s not really a card.