# Linton — The White Feather character guide > Linton in The White Feather by P. G. Wodehouse. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Mr. Linton **First appearance:** 0001-the-white-feather ## Snapshot A Wrykyn wit who needles the senior day-room's court-martial with mock-legal banter while quietly steering Sheen through the house's judgment. ## Who they are Linton treats the senior day-room's tribunal over Sheen's disgrace as a comic set-piece, puncturing Clayton's pomposity and refusing to let Stanning run the proceedings unchallenged. He is the friend who fetches Sheen down to face the music, then stands beside him needling the accusers rather than defending him outright. His irreverence gives the early chapters their Wodehouse texture and keeps the house's moralizing from becoming merely grim. ## Relationships ### [Sheen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/sheen) _friendship_ Linton is a loyal friend to Sheen, often involved in school social dynamics. ### [Drummond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/drummond) _friendship_ Drummond and Linton are friends who interact as part of the same social group. ### [Stanning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/stanning) _rivalry_ Linton and Stanning have a tense, antagonistic relationship. ### [Dunstable](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/dunstable) _friendship_ Dunstable and Linton are friends and frequent companions at school. ### [Clayton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/clayton) _friendship_ Clayton is a friend of Linton, part of his peer group. ### [Sheen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/sheen) _friendship_ Linton is a loyal friend to Sheen, often involved in school social dynamics. ### [Stanning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/stanning) _rivalry_ Linton and Stanning have a tense, antagonistic relationship. ### [Drummond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/drummond) _friendship_ Drummond and Linton are friends who interact as part of the same social group. ### [Sheen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/sheen) _friendship_ Linton is a loyal friend to Sheen, often involved in school social dynamics. ### [Clayton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/clayton) _friendship_ Clayton is a friend of Linton, part of his peer group. ### [Dunstable](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/dunstable) _friendship_ Dunstable and Linton are friends and frequent companions at school. ### [Stanning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/stanning) _rivalry_ Linton and Stanning have a tense, antagonistic relationship. ## In the story ### [The White Feather](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/chapters/the-white-feather) Observes Sheen's plight and later intervenes to prevent further humiliation. ### [I: Expert Opinions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/chapters/i-expert-opinions) A boy in Mr. Seymour's house; mentioned as having a swollen lip and missing a front tooth from a town incident. ### [III: Sheen Receives Visitors and Advice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/chapters/iii-sheen-receives-visitors-and-advice) Invites himself to Sheen's tea with Dunstable, later feels remorse when Sheen offers expensive biscuits. ### [IV: The Better Part of Valour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/chapters/iv-the-better-part-of-valour) Loses a tooth in a previous frakkus; is eager to fight Albert and the town youths. ### [The White Feather](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/chapters/v-the-white-feather) Suspicious of Sheen's involvement; bears marks of the fight and discusses the incident with Dunstable and Mason. ### [VII: Mr. Joe Bevan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/chapters/vii-mr-joe-bevan) Briefly encounters Sheen in the passage and is puzzled by Sheen's grin. ### [XII: Dunstable and Linton Go Up the River](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/chapters/xii-dunstable-and-linton-go-up-the-river) Joins Dunstable in the river expedition, rows the boat, and discovers their boat has been sunk. ### [XIII: Deus Ex Machina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/chapters/xiii-deus-ex-machina) Suspected of sinking Sheen's boat along with Dunstable, based on witness descriptions. ### [XIV: A Skirmish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/chapters/xiv-a-skirmish) Feels remorse for borrowing Sheen's boat and resolves to do him a good turn; alerts Drummond to Stanning's plan. ### [Drummond Goes Into Retirement](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/chapters/xvi-drummond-goes-into-retirement) Chosen by Drummond to box for the house in the lightweights instead of Sheen. ### [Seymour's One Success](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/chapters/xvii-seymour-s-one-success) Represents Seymour's in the Lightweight boxing but loses to Stanning; Sheen believes he could have done better. ### [A Surprise for Seymour's](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/chapters/xxiii-a-surprise-for-seymour-s) Intercepts the Sportsman, hides the news of Sheen's victory, and orchestrates the court-martial surprise. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/linton - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters