# Ruthven — The Gold Bat character guide

> Ruthven in The Gold Bat by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** friend Ruthven

**First appearance:** 0000-i-the-fifteenth-place

## Who they are

A student at Wrykyn, friend to the main characters.

## Relationships

### [Clowes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/characters/clowes)

_friendship_

Clowes and Ruthven are friendly companions, frequently interacting in the school setting.

### [Trevor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/characters/trevor)

_friendship_

Ruthven and Trevor are friends, sharing common interests at school.

### [Trevor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/characters/trevor)

_friendship_

Ruthven and Trevor are friends, sharing common interests at school.

### [Clowes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/characters/clowes)

_friendship_

Clowes and Ruthven are friendly companions, frequently interacting in the school setting.

### [Trevor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/characters/trevor)

_friendship_

Ruthven and Trevor are friends, sharing common interests at school.

## In the story

### [The Gold Bat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/chapters/ii-the-gold-bat)

A Donaldsonite who finds term-time dull, accompanies Trevor to the baths.

### [Trevor Remains Firm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/chapters/vi-trevor-remains-firm)

Meets Trevor in the passage and informs him that his study has been wrecked.

### [The Finding of the Bat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/chapters/xx-the-finding-of-the-bat)

Refuses to allow Trevor and Clowes to search his study; his drawer is broken open, revealing the gold bat.

### [The League Revealed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/chapters/xxi-the-league-revealed)

Revealed as the League's accomplice; confesses to posting letters and trashing Trevor's study under blackmail from Rand-Brown; faces expulsion.

### [A Dress Rehearsal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/chapters/xxii-a-dress-rehearsal)

Mentioned in Trevor's account of the gold bat discovery and the League's involvement.

## Links

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