# Lionel Hillier — Cakes and Ale character guide

> Lionel Hillier in Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hillier

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

A literary critic and friend of the narrator.

## In the story

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cakes_and_ale_se/chapters/xiv)

Painter who paints Rosie's portrait; praises her color and hopes to profit from it.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cakes_and_ale_se/chapters/xv)

Artist who claims to have 'made' Rosie's beauty through his painting; discusses her with the narrator.

### [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cakes_and_ale_se/chapters/xvii)

Gives the narrator a quizzical look, suggesting he might suspect the affair, and is described as having a 'nasty mind' by Rosie.

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