# Mr. Eugene Warden — Short Fiction character guide

> Mr. Eugene Warden in Short Fiction by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mr. Warden, Warden

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

## Snapshot

A genial, feckless English exile in Roville who has drifted through life on remittances and quietly spoiled his daughter Ruth's prospects.

## Who they are

Mr. Eugene Warden is Ruth's father, an amiable, irresponsible man who was banished from England by a long-suffering brother-in-law and settled in Roville to live on a small allowance near two casinos. He has never been anybody's enemy but his own, and his cheerful improvidence has forced Ruth to work at the mont-de-piete to keep them afloat. His jaunty manner and casual schemes frame the tension between his daughter's dutiful grind and his own incorrigible drift.

## In the story

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

Old man Craye, Duggie's father; deaf and eccentric, living in Europe.

### [Ruth in Exile](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_42_se/chapters/ruth-in-exile)

Ruth's father, a genial gambler who hopes Ruth will marry a rich man like Mr. Vince to support him.

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