Ruth Chevenix-Gore

Ruth Chevenix-Gore (married name: Ruth Lake) is the adopted daughter of Sir Gervase and Vanda Chevenix-Gore. Sir Gevase wanted her to marry her cousin Hugo Trent, but she had already married Captain John Lake in secret.

Miss Lingard is the real mother of Ruth, and Anthony Chevenix-Gore was her father. In the novella however she has no idea of the identity of her biologial father and believes herself to the daughter of distant relation and does not know that she is biologically first cousin with Hugo Trent, which is why she doesn't understand why her adopted mother Vanda thinks that a marriage between her and Hugo would result in batty children. But she is glad that Vanda is on her side.