# Luke — The Mill on the Floss character guide

> Luke in The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Good Luke

**First appearance:** 0001-i-outside-dorlcote-mill

## Who they are

Loyal mill hand who works for the Tulliver family.

## In the story

### [Tom Is Expected](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/iv-tom-is-expected)

The head miller, who converses with Maggie in the mill, shares news of the dead rabbits, and invites her to his cottage.

### [Daylight on the Wreck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/viii-daylight-on-the-wreck)

Helps Mr. Tulliver downstairs and offers simple words of comfort about accepting hardship.

### [IX: An Item Added to the Family Register](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/ix-an-item-added-to-the-family-register)

Listens sympathetically as Mr. Tulliver reminisces about the mill and his father.

### [Showing That Tom Had Opened the Oyster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/v-showing-that-tom-had-opened-the-oyster)

Luke, the old miller, is referenced as having reported to Tom that young Jetsome is letting the mill business decline.

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