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Monroe
Ruby Thewes is Ada Monroe’s opposite in almost every way: she has a poor relationship with her father, Stobrod Thewes; she’s been taking care of herself since she was a little girl; she’s fiercely independent, etc. After the destruction of the Civil War, it is Ruby’s way of living, not Ada’s, that perseveres in Black Cove. As a result, Ada depends on Ruby to learn how to farm and plow—without Ruby, Ada would starve to death. In part, Ruby agrees to help Ada because she’s getting a great deal: she gets half a farm for herself. But as time goes on, it becomes clear that Ruby is Ada’s friend and loyal ally. In the novel’s Epilogue, we learn that Ruby is still living with Ada ten years later, and has three children with Reid.
Ruby Thewes Quotes in Cold Mountain
The Cold Mountain quotes below are all either spoken by Ruby Thewes or refer to Ruby Thewes. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4
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After Ada made her decision known, Ruby wasted no time. She knew who had excess animals and produce, who would be willing to trade favorably. In this case it was Old Jones up on East Fork she dealt with. His wife had coveted the piano for some time, and knowing that, Ruby traded hard. Jones was finally made to give for it a pied brood sow and a shoat and a hundred pounds of corn grits.
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Looking back on her life so far, she listed as achievements the fact that by the age of ten, she knew all features of the mountains for twenty-five miles in any direction as intimately as a gardener would his bean rows. And that later, when yet barely a woman, she had whipped men single-handed in encounters she did not wish to detail.
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Ruby Thewes Quotes in Cold Mountain
The Cold Mountain quotes below are all either spoken by Ruby Thewes or refer to Ruby Thewes. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4
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After Ada made her decision known, Ruby wasted no time. She knew who had excess animals and produce, who would be willing to trade favorably. In this case it was Old Jones up on East Fork she dealt with. His wife had coveted the piano for some time, and knowing that, Ruby traded hard. Jones was finally made to give for it a pied brood sow and a shoat and a hundred pounds of corn grits.
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Looking back on her life so far, she listed as achievements the fact that by the age of ten, she knew all features of the mountains for twenty-five miles in any direction as intimately as a gardener would his bean rows. And that later, when yet barely a woman, she had whipped men single-handed in encounters she did not wish to detail.
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