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Dorcas Lapham
Dusty is the younger, smaller apprentice in Mr. Lapham’s silver shop. He both admires and hates Johnny, as Johnny is skilled and likeable, but cruel to Dusty and Dove. So, Dusty forms an uneasy alliance with Dove so they can protect themselves against Johnny. In the year after Johnny leaves the Lapham household, Dusty runs away to work at sea.
Dusty Miller Quotes in Johnny Tremain
The Johnny Tremain quotes below are all either spoken by Dusty Miller or refer to Dusty Miller. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1
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Fetching water, sweeping, helping in the kitchen, tending the annealing furnace in the shop were the unskilled work the boys did. Already Johnny was so useful at the bench he could never be spared for such labor. It was over a year since he had carried charcoal or a bucket of water, touched a broom or helped Mrs. Lapham brew ale. His ability made him semi-sacred. He knew his power and reveled in it. He could have easily made friends with stupid Dove, for Dove was lonely and admired Johnny as well as envied him. Johnny preferred to bully him.
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Dusty Miller Quotes in Johnny Tremain
The Johnny Tremain quotes below are all either spoken by Dusty Miller or refer to Dusty Miller. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 1
Quotes
Fetching water, sweeping, helping in the kitchen, tending the annealing furnace in the shop were the unskilled work the boys did. Already Johnny was so useful at the bench he could never be spared for such labor. It was over a year since he had carried charcoal or a bucket of water, touched a broom or helped Mrs. Lapham brew ale. His ability made him semi-sacred. He knew his power and reveled in it. He could have easily made friends with stupid Dove, for Dove was lonely and admired Johnny as well as envied him. Johnny preferred to bully him.
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