# Martin Rossiter — Short Fiction character guide

> Martin Rossiter in Short Fiction by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Martin, Rossiter

**First appearance:** 0000-when-papa-swore-in-hindustani

## Snapshot

A jealous young suitor at a country house, outgunned by a poetical rival and tormented by a butler who knows far too much about the betting below stairs.

## Who they are

Martin is one of Elsa's admirers, sulking through house-party mornings while Mr. Barstowe quotes Shakespeare at her and the butler Keggs coolly reports that the servants are taking bets on the outcome. His temper — a schoolboy's sulk sharpened by real longing — keeps colliding with his helplessness, since opposition to Elsa only hardens her. He matters because his jealousy and Keggs's meddling turn the romance into a contest with an audience, and the audience is already laying odds.

## Relationships

### [Miss Elsa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_42_se/characters/miss_elsa)

_romantic_

Martin Rossiter and Miss Elsa are romantically involved, with a sense of yearning or unfulfilled desire.

### [Miss Elsa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_42_se/characters/miss_elsa)

_romantic_

Martin Rossiter and Miss Elsa are romantically involved, with a sense of yearning or unfulfilled desire.

### [Miss Elsa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_42_se/characters/miss_elsa)

_romantic_

Martin Rossiter and Miss Elsa are romantically involved, with a sense of yearning or unfulfilled desire.

## In the story

### [The Good Angel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_42_se/chapters/the-good-angel)

Protagonist; in love with Elsa Keith, intimidated by butler Keggs, and frustrated by rival Aubrey Barstowe.

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