# Ruth Warden — Short Fiction character guide

> Ruth Warden in Short Fiction by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Ruth

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

## Snapshot

The dutiful daughter of a charming, feckless English exile in Roville, she works at the mont-de-piete while her father gambles away their allowance at the casinos.

## Who they are

Ruth keeps the household afloat in a Riviera town of visitors and gamblers, her father Eugene cheerfully drifting through life while she handles every practical transaction and holds down a job at the pawnshop. She walks the Promenade des Anglais listlessly, blind to the glitter that tourists mistake for paradise, because for her the resort is a permanent sentence rather than a holiday. Her loyalty to a man who has effectively spoiled her life, and her longing for something more, give the story its quiet ache.

## In the story

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

Works at the mont-de-piete, feels depressed and irritated by Mr. Vince's advances, but is drawn to him as the only exciting element in her life.

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