# Cynthia — Leave It to Psmith character guide

> Cynthia in Leave It to Psmith by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the stricken Cynthia, poor dear Cynthia, the absent Cynthia

**First appearance:** 0000-i-dark-plottings-at-blandings-castle

## Who they are

A former love interest of Psmith, mentioned but not present.

## Relationships

### [Eve Halliday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leave_it_to_psmith_se/characters/eve_halliday)

_friendship_

Cynthia and Eve are close friends, with Cynthia confiding in Eve about her romantic troubles.

### [Eve Halliday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leave_it_to_psmith_se/characters/eve_halliday)

_friendship_

Cynthia and Eve are close friends, with Cynthia confiding in Eve about her romantic troubles.

### [Eve Halliday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leave_it_to_psmith_se/characters/eve_halliday)

_friendship_

Cynthia and Eve are close friends, with Cynthia confiding in Eve about her romantic troubles.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leave_it_to_psmith_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned as having married Ralston McTodd; her husband has left her after a quarrel.

### [III: Eve Borrows an Umbrella](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leave_it_to_psmith_se/chapters/iii-eve-borrows-an-umbrella)

Mentioned as a friend in distress, deserted by her husband and staying in Brighton.

### [Confidences on the Lake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leave_it_to_psmith_se/chapters/viii-confidences-on-the-lake)

Mentioned as the woman Psmith (as McTodd) supposedly married; Eve's school friend.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leave_it_to_psmith_se/chapters/v)

Referenced as Eve's old school friend and the estranged wife of Ralston McTodd; Psmith falsely describes her as having a drinking problem and violent temper.

### [Sensational Occurrence at a Poetry Reading](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leave_it_to_psmith_se/chapters/x-sensational-occurrence-at-a-poetry-reading)

Mentioned as having written to Eve that her husband is in Paris.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leave_it_to_psmith_se/chapters/v)

Eve recalls Cynthia's story about her husband's chicken-giblet tantrum and advice to marry someone eccentric.

## Links

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