# Eddy Moore — Short Fiction character guide

> Eddy Moore in Short Fiction by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Moore, Edward, Edwin, brother Edwin, old Edwin, Eddy, Good old Eddy

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

## Snapshot

A New York acquaintance who finds Mary a position with Joe Rendal, unwittingly setting up an awkward reunion between the small-town girl and her former silent admirer.

## Who they are

Eddy is the connection who, after Mary arrives in New York and her money dwindles, comes through with a job offer that turns out to be with Joe Rendal. His letter arrives at the moment when Mary's pride and dwindling funds have made her willing to accept anything, even an employer who once worshipped her from afar. The position forces Mary to confront the transformed Joe, now a confident man of the city, and to measure how much she herself has changed.

## In the story

### [Disentangling Old Duggie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_42_se/chapters/disentangling-old-duggie)

Edwin Craye, Duggie's elder brother; initially timid but later appears transformed in New York.

### [Three from Dunsterville](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_42_se/chapters/three-from-dunsterville)

A fellow emigrant from Dunsterville who has become polished and suave in New York; he fails to secure Mary a job but later joins them for lunch, leaving Joe to pay the bill.

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