![]() ![]() ![]() ‘No,’ said Tilly and wiped her sweaty palms on her trousers. ‘So you are going to kill me,’ she cried. ‘Dunny’s mum’s a slut, Dunnybum’s Mum’s a slut.’ (Stewart Pettyman and the other school children tease Tilly as a child) Part 1 She realised she’d have to be crafty, employ stubborn resistance and subtle violence against this stronger woman (Tilly) who was determined to stay. (When Tilly arrives and first sees her mother, she is shocked at how mad she is acting) Part 1Īs food has nourished her body and therefore her mind, some sense had returned to her. She gestured at a crowd of invisible people around her bed. ‘Jealousy is a curse and ugliness is worse.’ (Fred Bundle to his wife Purl about the other women of the town) Part 1 ‘I’ll have to get used to them.’ (Teddy and Tilly speak about the townsfolk after the Saturday night dance) Part 1 ‘They’ll just have to get used to you,’ he said and shrugged. (Sergeant Farrat upon seeing Tilly again as a grown woman) Part 1 Little Myrtle Dunnage had alabaster skin and her mother’s eyes and hair. ![]()
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