Aunt Ruth Dutton lives in Shrewsbury and has the reputation of being a remarkable housekeeper. She is well-off, with an elegant house covered in gingerbread on the edge of Shrewsbury, and is the town's largest subscriber to the church. She has "cold, grey eyes, prim, dull brown hair, short, stout figure, [and a] thin, pinched, merciless mouth." Emily and Aunt Ruth seldom get along, as Aunt Ruth finds Emily "sly" upon first meeting. Aunt Ruth had been caught in a delicate situation in her youth with Fred Blair.
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| - Aunt Ruth Dutton lives in Shrewsbury and has the reputation of being a remarkable housekeeper. She is well-off, with an elegant house covered in gingerbread on the edge of Shrewsbury, and is the town's largest subscriber to the church. She has "cold, grey eyes, prim, dull brown hair, short, stout figure, [and a] thin, pinched, merciless mouth." Emily and Aunt Ruth seldom get along, as Aunt Ruth finds Emily "sly" upon first meeting. Aunt Ruth had been caught in a delicate situation in her youth with Fred Blair.
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| - Aunt Ruth Dutton lives in Shrewsbury and has the reputation of being a remarkable housekeeper. She is well-off, with an elegant house covered in gingerbread on the edge of Shrewsbury, and is the town's largest subscriber to the church. She has "cold, grey eyes, prim, dull brown hair, short, stout figure, [and a] thin, pinched, merciless mouth." Emily and Aunt Ruth seldom get along, as Aunt Ruth finds Emily "sly" upon first meeting. Emily boards with Aunt Ruth while she studies at Shrewsbury. While Emily suffers under Aunt Ruth's strict rules and sometimes unjust accusations, their relationship turns when Aunt Ruth defends Emily from Shrewsbury's disdain over the affair of the "Old John house." Aunt Ruth had been caught in a delicate situation in her youth with Fred Blair.
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