# Claire Fenwick — Uneasy Money character guide > Claire Fenwick in Uneasy Money by P. G. Wodehouse. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Claire, dear old Claire, Miss Fenwick, Darling Claire **First appearance:** 0001-uneasy-money ## Snapshot Bill's beautiful, calculating fiancée, torn between a poor lord she likes and a rich bore she can't quite bring herself to marry. ## Who they are Claire is engaged to Bill but has quietly omitted that fact during the voyage, letting Dudley Pickering fall in love with her while she weighs thirty millions against her self-respect. She wants to keep her good opinion of herself, which means she needs an ostensible cause—however trivial—to break the engagement. Her cool manipulation of both men, and her talent for pathos-laden scenes, drives the romantic complications of the early and middle chapters. ## Relationships ### [Lord Dawlish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/characters/lord_dawlish) _romantic_ Claire and Lord Dawlish are former lovers with unresolved tension, as Claire broke off their engagement. ### [Dudley Pickering](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/characters/dudley_pickering) _romantic_ Claire is engaged to Dudley Pickering, though she is more interested in his wealth than genuine affection. ### [Algie Wetherby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/characters/algie_wetherby) _social_ Algie Wetherby is mildly flirtatious with Claire, but remains under his wife's thumb. ### [Lord Dawlish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/characters/lord_dawlish) _romantic_ Claire and Lord Dawlish are former lovers with unresolved tension, as Claire broke off their engagement. ### [Lord Dawlish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/characters/lord_dawlish) _romantic_ Claire and Lord Dawlish are former lovers with unresolved tension, as Claire broke off their engagement. ### [Dudley Pickering](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/characters/dudley_pickering) _romantic_ Claire is engaged to Dudley Pickering, though she is more interested in his wealth than genuine affection. ### [Dudley Pickering](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/characters/dudley_pickering) _romantic_ Claire is engaged to Dudley Pickering, though she is more interested in his wealth than genuine affection. ### [Algie Wetherby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/characters/algie_wetherby) _social_ Algie Wetherby is mildly flirtatious with Claire, but remains under his wife's thumb. ## In the story ### [Uneasy Money](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/uneasy-money) A romantic interest who urges Bill to use his money to secure their future. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/i) Claire is frustrated with Bill's lack of financial ambition and leaves lunch early to pack for Southampton. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/iii) Rages silently on an omnibus after being rebuffed by Lord Dawlish; returns to her cramped West Kensington flat, loathing her surroundings and her brother Percy; receives a letter from Pauline Wetherby and impulsively decides to sail to America. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/iv) Bill writes to Claire from Liverpool to inform her of his inheritance and his sudden departure for America, though he avoids telling her the full extent of his plans. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/vii) Claire is at Riegelheimer's Restaurant with Lady Wetherby and Dudley Pickering. She is shocked to see Bill in America and is torn between her engagement to Bill and Pickering's impending proposal. ### [The Moonlight Proposal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/x) Strategically maneuvers Dudley Pickering into proposing by feigning loneliness and homesickness, mentioning her little brother Percy. ### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/xi) Appears suddenly during Bill's moonlit walk; her photograph is used by Bill to try to rekindle his romantic feelings. ### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/xii) Dominates the interview with Bill, breaking off their engagement after seeing him with another woman; later sings in the drawing room. ### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/xiii) Engaged to Pickering but finding his undiluted society tedious; comments on Eustace's madness. ### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/xv) Returns home to find Dudley suspicious of Bill. She denies knowing Bill to protect her secret, but later confesses to Lady Wetherby that she was once engaged to him. ### [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/xvi) Referenced as the source of Bill's heartache; her engagement to Pickering and her dishonesty are the catalyst for Bill's emotional journey. ### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/xviii) Confronts Dudley with cold scorn after discovering Eustace's body, showing distance from her fiancé. ### [Chapter XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/xix) Claire tries to reconcile with Bill after breaking her engagement to Pickering, but her manipulative nature is revealed. ### [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/xx) Approaches Pickering with a repentant demeanor, successfully retrieves her engagement ring, but later breaks the engagement. ### [Chapter XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/xxi) Claire has just left Bill after delivering a parting speech that plants seeds of doubt about Elizabeth's motives. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/characters/claire_fenwick - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/characters