# Miles Rushworth — The Story of Ivy character guide > Miles Rushworth in The Story of Ivy by Marie Belloc Lowndes. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Mr. Rushworth, Rushworth, Mrs. Miles Rushworth **First appearance:** 0002-ii ## Snapshot A wealthy, all-powerful man who adores Ivy, keeps a deathbed promise never to love a married woman, and breaks it the moment she needs comforting. ## Who they are Rushworth is the employer whose favour keeps Jervis Lexton in a job invented for him, and the patron whose arrival transforms Ivy's prospects. He arrives home full of two women, his dead sister and Ivy, and tormented by a promise to his father never to fall in love with another man's wife. His wealth, his conscience, and his hunger for Ivy make him the prize she schemes toward and the moral weight the story presses against her. ## Relationships ### [Ivy Lexton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/ivy_lexton) _romantic_ Ivy and Miles share a romantic connection, with Miles often serving as a stabilizing yet rival suitor to Roger. ### [Lady Flora](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/lady_flora) _social_ Lady Flora and Miles are social peers, moving in the same aristocratic circles with polite acquaintance. ### [Ivy Lexton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/ivy_lexton) _romantic_ Ivy and Miles share a romantic connection, with Miles often serving as a stabilizing yet rival suitor to Roger. ### [Ivy Lexton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/ivy_lexton) _romantic_ Ivy and Miles share a romantic connection, with Miles often serving as a stabilizing yet rival suitor to Roger. ### [Lady Flora](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/lady_flora) _social_ Lady Flora and Miles are social peers, moving in the same aristocratic circles with polite acquaintance. ### [Lady Flora](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/lady_flora) _social_ Lady Flora and Miles are social peers, moving in the same aristocratic circles with polite acquaintance. ## In the story ### [Prologue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/prologue) A wealthy millionaire and amateur billiard-player; Ivy is seen strolling with him in the garden, and Mrs. Hampton hopes he will find Jervis a job. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/ii) A wealthy, authoritative man who takes an interest in Ivy and proposes a yachting trip. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/iii) Wealthy yacht owner who idealizes Ivy, struggles with his attraction to her while still considering marriage to Bella Dale. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/iv) Confesses his love for Ivy, reveals his father's promise, and resolves to go to South Africa with his sister to avoid temptation. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/v) Occupies Ivy's thoughts and desires, though he is not physically present. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/vii) Miles is the good-looking bachelor who escorts Ivy to the theatre and supper, and she thinks of him with joy and comfort after Jervis's death. ### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/viii) Miles Rushworth is a friend and employer of Jervis, currently in South Africa. Ivy plans to cable him for support. ### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/xii) Sends a telegram offering financial and legal support, which Ivy interprets as a sign of his enduring devotion. ### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/xiii) The client who arranged the £2,000 payment to Ivy and is a friend of the deceased Jervis Lexton. ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/xiv) Ivy's secret correspondent, sending long cables of sympathy and disguised passion from afar. ### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/xviii) Sends a cable to Ivy announcing his sister's death and his imminent return, which fills Ivy with ecstasy. ### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/xxi) Sends a telegram from Paris saying he hopes to be with Ivy tomorrow evening. ### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/xxii) Returns from Calais, torn between love for Ivy and grief for his sister; learns of Ivy's impending arrest and arranges her escape. ### [Epilogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/epilogue) Rushworth leaves Ivy alone in her bedroom after promising her a place of safety, setting her flight in motion. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/miles_rushworth - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters