William Maxwell has been refused the hand in marriage of Genevieve by her father Mr Derrick, owing to lack of funds. When they are obliged to play each other in a golf contest, William plots his revenge but then gets a better idea ...
| William John Maxwell | a young man and good golfer |
| B. Rockleigh Derrick | an older man |
First published August 1915 in Vanity Fair magazine.
'All hope abandon ye who enter here'
- the 'original' version of the phrase more commonly quoted as 'Abandon hope all ye who enter here', both being translations from Dante's Divine Comedy of the sign by the entrance to hell.
