 The ambitious fiancée of Peter Burns and instigator of many of the events of "The Little Nugget", Cynthia is a tall, strikingly handsome girl, with clear white skin and pale gold hair, who carries herself magnificently.She also has a rather hard and cynical cast of countenance, and a cool sort of stylishness.Her simplicity of dress contrasts favourably with her mother's glittery tendencies, and she turns the head of many a man.