# Titus — Lolly Willowes character guide

> Titus in Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Snapshot

Laura's hearty nephew, who loves the countryside the way a cat loves a warm lap—possessively, easily, and with no idea what he is trampling.

## Who they are

Titus quits Bloomsbury for the Chilterns as casually as a cat jumps from a hard chair to a soft one, and settles into Great Mop with purring satisfaction. His love of the landscape is comfortable, portable, and masculine—he praises its kindly slopes and pats it with a discriminating paw, imposing his way of seeing on his aunt without ever guessing the damage. He means her nothing but good, which is precisely what makes him so hard to escape; his arrival quietly boycotts Laura from the place she had loved in her own way.

## Relationships

### [Laura Willowes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lolly_willowes_se/characters/laura_willowes)

_friendship_

Titus is Laura's familiar, a cat who accompanies her and symbolizes her growing independence and connection to the natural world.

### [Mrs. Leak](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lolly_willowes_se/characters/mrs_leak)

_friendship_

Mrs. Leak shows fondness for Titus, recognizing him as Laura's familiar and a creature of the witch's world.

### [Satan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lolly_willowes_se/characters/satan)

_psychological_

Satan acknowledges Titus as Laura's familiar, using the cat as a link in his pact with her.

### [Henry Willowes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lolly_willowes_se/characters/henry_willowes)

_family_

Henry tolerates Titus as Laura's pet but sees the cat as an eccentricity that further isolates her from proper society.

### [Pandora Williams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lolly_willowes_se/characters/pandora_williams)

_friendship_

Pandora is a witch who shares a bond with Titus, treating him as a fellow creature of the magical world.

### [Laura Willowes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lolly_willowes_se/characters/laura_willowes)

_friendship_

Titus is Laura's familiar, a cat who accompanies her and symbolizes her growing independence and connection to the natural world.

### [Laura Willowes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lolly_willowes_se/characters/laura_willowes)

_friendship_

Titus is Laura's familiar, a cat who accompanies her and symbolizes her growing independence and connection to the natural world.

### [Pandora Williams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lolly_willowes_se/characters/pandora_williams)

_friendship_

Pandora is a witch who shares a bond with Titus, treating him as a fellow creature of the magical world.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lolly_willowes_se/chapters/i)

Laura's nephew, one of the children who calls her 'Aunt Lolly' and plays with a tin tray.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lolly_willowes_se/chapters/iii)

Visits Laura to borrow milk and discusses her afternoon walk.

## Links

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