# Lady Dumbello — The Small House at Allington character guide

> Lady Dumbello in The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Dumbello, Lady Dumbello

**First appearance:** 0022-xxiii-mr-plantagenet-palliser

## Who they are

A fashionable society beauty, wife of Lord Dumbello.

## In the story

### [Lilian Dale Becomes a Butterfly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_house_at_allington_se/chapters/xii-lilian-dale-becomes-a-butterfly)

Mentioned as a guest expected at Courcy Castle, and as a favorite of Crosbie's.

### [Mr. Crosbie Meets an Old Clergyman on His Way to Courcy Castle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_house_at_allington_se/chapters/xvi-mr-crosbie-meets-an-old-clergyman-on-his-way-to-courcy-castle)

Mr. Harding's granddaughter; mentioned as a guest at Courcy Castle.

### [Lily Dale's First Love-Letter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_house_at_allington_se/chapters/xviii-lily-dale-s-first-love-letter)

Mentioned as a grand figure at Courcy Castle, contrasted with Lily's simplicity.

### [Fie, Fie!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_house_at_allington_se/chapters/xliii-fie-fie)

Object of Palliser's attentions; her smiles and gestures are interpreted by Palliser as flattering after his uncle's warning.

### [LV: Not Very Fie Fie After All](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_house_at_allington_se/chapters/lv-not-very-fie-fie-after-all)

Receives a letter from her mother about rumors of her relationship with Mr. Palliser; shows it to Lord Dumbello and later receives a necklace as a token of reconciliation; attends Lady De Courcy's party, prepared to rebuff Mr. Palliser.

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