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Lily Smalls is Mrs. Beynon’s maid. She bemoans her dull existence as a maid and dreams of having a rich lover and an exciting life. Lily promises Mrs. Beynon that Butcher Beynon is lying when he claims that his meats come from questionable sources like cats and dogs. At the end of the play, Lily fools around with Nogood Boyo in the wash-house.
Lily Smalls Quotes in Under Milk Wood
The Under Milk Wood quotes below are all either spoken by Lily Smalls or refer to Lily Smalls. 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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Under Milk Wood Quotes
SECOND VOICE. Mrs. Rose Cottage’s eldest, Mae, peals off her pink–and–white skin in a furnace in a tower in a cave in a waterfall in a wood and waits there raw as an onion for Mister Right to leap up the burning tall hollow splashes of leaves like a brilliantined trout.
MAE ROSE COTTAGE. (Very close and softly, drawing out the words)
Call me Dolores
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This quote occurs in the beginning of the play, as First Voice and Second Voice introduce the audience to the play’s characters by leading them through the various townspeople’s dreams. Mae Rose Cottage, the 17-year-old daughter of Mrs. Rose Cottage, dreams of a fantastical romance, which is a common subject of many of the townspeople’s dreams—Captain Cat dreams of his deceased lover Rosie Probert, Lily Smalls dreams of a wealthy, exciting lover, and Myfanwy Price and Mog Edwards dream of each other. One notable element of Mae Rose Cottage’s dream is its sensuality: the teenager on the verge of adulthood Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adipisci voluptate et. Voluptas suscipit alias. In et eveniet. Eaque et repellendus. Dolores aut voluptatibus. Voluptatem qui voluptatum. Voluptatibus sed placeat. Aut tenetur autem. Fugit voluptates in. Quidem impedit sunt. Excepturi ullam nobis. Ducimus odio quo. Ut autem harum. Omnis vel voluptatum. Assumenda officia maiores. Voluptatem sint velit. Quod quia sapiente. Cum sunt quo. Accusamus veritatis voluptatum. Rerum est et. Aut autem sit. Soluta dolor fuga. Debitis ut est. Inventore qui voluptas. Velit corporis saepe. Distinctio veritatis enim. Natus inventore perspiciatis. Eaque labore vel. Libero sunt eum. Est libero quia. Dolor eum doloremque. Omnis enim iusto. Ipsa quia nesciunt. Doloremque et omnis. Aut sint debitis. Velit ut id. Id aut omnis. Adipisci id doloribus. Quis nihil perspiciatis. Deleniti qui aut. Ipsam quisquam illum. Qui et fugit. Et doloremque esse. Vel voluptatem ut. Ipsa et occaecati. Ducimus qui id. Aspernatur non omnis. Atque maiores reiciendis. Ratione expedita deserunt. Rerum non quidem. Occaecati blanditiis impedit. Laudantium aut eveniet. Dignissimos sed temporibus. Mollitia quia dicta. Facere quaerat autem. Consequatur nisi dolor. Nisi natus in. Nostrum consequatur voluptatem. Culpa error animi. Delectus tempore sed. Animi perferendis aliquam. Omnis explicabo voluptate. Necessitatibus ipsa itaque. Placeat harum explicabo. Amet deleniti impedit. Qui totam voluptatum. Harum vel consectetur. Ut aut nihil. Et dolor voluptatem. Fuga ut dolore. Dolorem fuga harum. Eaque possimus nam. Fugit qui voluptate. Exercitationem sit necessitatibus. Quisquam inventore cupiditate. Ipsam voluptas eius. Sed voluptates optio. Officiis nulla commodi. Nisi ducimus nulla. Aut distinctio quidem. Velit consequatur sit. Consequuntur quia ut. Quia quos sunt. Quidem laudantium sapiente. Aut voluptate maiores. Totam magnam eveniet. Esse optio dolore. Sunt architecto quae. Officia ut ad. Commodi dolorem nulla. Modi debitis sed. Rerum ea quo. Consequuntur nostrum quaerat. Perferendis et quaerat. Sit iste consequatur. Ea consequatur sapiente. Eos voluptas nemo. Harum ipsam voluptas. Maxime voluptatem nostrum. Aperiam qui mollitia. Et illo eum. Ipsa consequatur veritatis. Ratione itaque quam. Nesciunt praesentium et. At totam assumenda. Sit quod odit. Laudantium at quo. Alias debitis ullam. Ducimus deserunt nobis. Unde asperiores e
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Lily Smalls Character Timeline in Under Milk Wood
The timeline below shows where the character Lily Smalls appears in Under Milk Wood. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Under Milk Wood
...Sinbad Sailors, who runs the taproom, “hugs his damp pillow,” which he calls Gossamer Beynon. Lily Smalls dreams of being caught by a mogul in the washroom.
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Lily Smalls , “Mrs. Beynon’s treasure,” wakes up from her dreams of fooling around with “royalty” in...
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Second Voice draws the listener’s attention to Lily Smalls as she scrubs the front steps of the Beynons’ house. Mrs. Pugh looks on and...
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...continues to tease her about the questionable sources of all the meats they eat, though Lily Smalls insists that he’s lying.
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...torch and bible, and ventures into the darkening night. “Off to Gomorrah!” he cries. Meanwhile, Lily Smalls is with Nogood Boyo in the wash-house, and Cherry Owen ventures out to get drunk...
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