# Clementina Gibberty — Lud-in-the-Mist character guide

> Clementina Gibberty in Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Clem, Clementine, the widow Gibberty

**First appearance:** 0007-v-ranulph-goes-to-the-widow-gibberty-s-farm

## Who they are

Jeremiah's wife, who knows more about fairy fruit than she admits.

## In the story

### [Ranulph Goes to the Widow Gibberty’s Farm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/v-ranulph-goes-to-the-widow-gibberty-s-farm)

The widow who hosts Ranulph; engages in superficial talk with Leer and is annoyed when Ranulph calls it 'pretence talk'.

### [XII: Dame Marigold Hears the Tap of a Woodpecker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xii-dame-marigold-hears-the-tap-of-a-woodpecker)

The widow at the farm, suspected of mischief and possibly murdering her husband; seen in a late-night meeting with a cloaked man.

### [The Widow Gibberty's Trial](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xvi-the-widow-gibberty-s-trial)

The widow on trial for murder; acquitted after proving her husband died peacefully and Diggory's dishonesty.

### [XVII: The World-in-Law](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xvii-the-world-in-law)

Her trial thirty-six years ago is referenced; Leer was in Dorimare at that time.

### [XVIII: Mistress Ivy Peppercorn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xviii-mistress-ivy-peppercorn)

Ivy's stepmother, described as beautiful but untrustworthy, suspected of foul play in her husband's death.

### [XX: Watching the Cows](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xx-watching-the-cows)

The widow, strong-willed and jeering, encourages Ranulph to go watch the cows and is implicated in smuggling fairy fruit with Dr. Leer.

### [XXI: The Old Goatherd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xxi-the-old-goatherd)

The widow dismisses Hazel's fears about Ranulph's disappearance, insisting it is just a boy's prank, but Hazel remains deeply suspicious of her.

### [XXII: Who Is Portunus?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xxii-who-is-portunus)

The widow Gibberty, owner of the farm, though not present in the chapter; Nathaniel initially mistakes Hazel for her.

### [The Northern Firebox and Dead Men's Tales](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xxiii-the-northern-firebox-and-dead-men-s-tales)

The widow is accused of murdering her husband Jeremiah with death-berries, aided by her lover Christopher Pugwalker.

### [XXIV: Belling the Cat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xxiv-belling-the-cat)

Arrested for the murder of her husband Jeremiah Gibberty; taunts Nathaniel about Ranulph's fate and admits to attempting to poison him.

### [XXVI: “Neither Trees nor Men”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xxvi-neither-trees-nor-men)

The widow, on trial alongside Leer, confesses to murdering Gibberty with the berries, showing defiance and scorn.

## Links

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