While the players are out there whacking away at tennis balls, the lower-deck patrons are feeding their faces on $5 shrimps and sipping $10 glasses of wine.

Mr. Trump’s aides also have tried to tamp down questions about the former president’s frustrations, so as not to elevate Mr. DeSantis.

Quick action and dialogue create a taut story, although it is illustration that shapes the characters.

When the Met first reached Chesham, in 1889, the townsfolk thought the growth of their town would be inexorable as a result. … The cry went up 'At last, we are on the main line!' And so they were - for three years, until the Met decided to carry on to Amersham, leaving Chesham high and dry on a branch.