# Miss Leroy — Mark Rutherford’s Deliverance character guide

> Miss Leroy in Mark Rutherford’s Deliverance by Mark Rutherford.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Leroy, old Leroy, herself, hers

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-miss-leroy

## Snapshot

An elderly woman who enters the narrator's life and becomes a significant figure, her age and circumstances drawing out his sincerity and capacity for almost passionate affection.

## Who they are

Miss Leroy—sometimes called old Leroy—is an elderly presence whose path crosses Rutherford's and whose needs or history gradually make her more than a passing acquaintance. Her age and vulnerability engage the narrator's deep sincerity and his tendency to entangle himself emotionally in the problems of others. She matters to the early-middle arc because she tests and reveals Rutherford's capacity for compassionate attachment, offering a relationship in which his much-criticized impressionability becomes a form of care rather than weakness.

## Relationships

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mark_rutherford_s_deliverance_se/characters/narrator)

_friendship_

Miss Leroy is a kind and sympathetic friend to the narrator, offering companionship during his struggles.

### [George Butts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mark_rutherford_s_deliverance_se/characters/george_butts)

_romantic_

George Butts and Miss Leroy are involved in a romantic relationship that provides a contrast to the narrator's own love life.

## In the story

### [Mark Rutherford's Deliverance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mark_rutherford_s_deliverance_se/chapters/mark-rutherford-s-deliverance)

Her story is introduced, highlighting themes of resilience and social class.

### [III: Miss Leroy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mark_rutherford_s_deliverance_se/chapters/iii-miss-leroy)

Daughter of a French prisoner, tall and straight, unconventional in habits and speech, marries George Butts to everyone's astonishment.

### [VII: Qui Dedit in Mari Viam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mark_rutherford_s_deliverance_se/chapters/vii-qui-dedit-in-mari-viam)

Referenced in Rutherford's recollection of her counsel about principles.

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