Milly Character Analysis in A Handful of Dust

Milly is one of the two prostitutes, along with Babs, that Tony Last and Jock Grant-Menzies meet at the Old Hundredth club on the night of their drunken spree. She and Babs fail to secure Tony and Jock’s business on that night, but she later agrees to go with Tony to Brighton, helping him frame himself as an adulterer to secure his and Brenda’s divorce (due to the divorce laws of the time). She insists on bringing along her insufferable eight-year-old daughter Winnie, to Tony’s dismay. Her and Tony’s strained interactions throughout the weekend reveal Tony’s discomfort in dealing with people of a lower class, inadvertently insulting Milly.

Milly Character Timeline in A Handful of Dust

The timeline below shows where the character Milly appears in A Handful of Dust. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...has survived generations of attempts to shut it down. At the club, two prostitutes named Milly and Babs make their acquaintance, and the staff take advantage of their inebriated customers by... (full context)

...return to the Old Hundredth, the nightclub from their drunken spree. There they arrange for Milly, one of the same prostitutes they met on that night, to accompany Tony to the... (full context)

During the weekend, Milly recognizes her old client Dan, who invites them along to his friend’s party, to the... (full context)