Tobias Rudd
Skipper of the island ferry, sailing without a valid certificate. Point of view 2.
PersonAlso known as Toby Rudd
Want: to keep the ferry running for one more winter.
Need: to say out loud what he saw, whatever it costs him.
Thread: the water: the night crossing, the fire from the pier, the confession.
Appears in14 items
- The Last Ferry to Skerrow: a novel outline14 items
- Nell steps off the ferry−21 d
- The night crossing · point of view−6 d
- Rudd finds a night run in the ledger · point of view−2 d
- Baird calls on Rudd · point of view−1 d
- Rudd sees two torches on the path · point of view−2 h
- The generator house burns · point of view+2 h
- Rudd tells no one what he saw · point of view+1 d 22 h
- The first ferry since the gale+2 d 11 h
- Rudd confesses to the fire · point of view+6 d 9 h
- The diesel drum is still sealed+7 d 11 h
- The carbon sheet has no night run+10 d 11 h
- Rudd takes it back · point of view+10 d 19 h
- Rudd refuses a night crossing · point of view+19 d 22 h
- The last ferry of the season+23 d 18 h