# Dame Joyce — The Well at the World’s End character guide

> Dame Joyce in The Well at the World’s End by William Morris.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Joyce

**First appearance:** 0117-xxvii-ralph-holds-converse-with-katherine-his-gossip

## Who they are

A woman of the household at Upmeads.

## In the story

### [Ralph Cometh to the Cheaping-Town](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_well_at_the_world_s_end_se/chapters/iii-ralph-cometh-to-the-cheaping-town)

Clement's wife, who gives Ralph a bag of money and a scrip of provisions, and is deeply saddened by his departure.

### [How Ralph Justed with the Aliens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_well_at_the_world_s_end_se/chapters/xxxvii-how-ralph-justed-with-the-aliens)

Joyce sits beside the Lord disguised as the Queen, drawing the Lady's jealousy.

### [The Lord of Utterbol Makes Ralph a Free Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_well_at_the_world_s_end_se/chapters/xxxix-the-lord-of-utterbol-makes-ralph-a-free-man)

Sits beside the Lord of Utterbol, who toys with her hand, and is mistaken by Ralph for the Queen.

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