Ruth Dimm is a nosy woman who works in the Dungatar post office. She’s the sister of Prudence Dimm, the schoolteacher. Ruth is secretly a lesbian and is having an affair with Nancy Pickett; together, the two women root through people’s mail and gossip about them based on what they find. Ruth and Nancy take a particular interest in Tilly’s mail, which arrives from all over Europe, and they steal many of the herbs and ointments that Tilly orders from abroad.
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Ruth Dimm Character Timeline in The Dressmaker
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Chapter 8
Ruth Dimm waits by her post van at Dungatar station. Hamish O’Brien, the station master, waits with...
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