Unity deceives herself because she falls for Tony, but also she deceives him because she doubts his mind about marring Milly, if she really cared about Milly’s feelings she would not have asked for a lift in the first place.
Milly is a weak-minded girl she falls for Tony in the first place, but she is desperate for Tony. She is frightened of loosing him. She is stupid for getting under the sacks “I don’t mind to oblige you” Milly went under the sacks because Tony asks her too. She does this, as she loves Tony. Milly has every right to be on the cart as she is to be Tony wife. Milly pleased Tony by going under the sacks and obeying orders, as he likes to be in control. Milly is humiliated when they have the crash, Tony obviously doesn’t realize this and still asks the others before her “I like you Tony” and “Milly was sobbing her heart out”. Milly deceives herself because she wants to marry Tony whereas the others didn't after they found out what he did this proves that she is very dense for staying with him as this could happen again.
Hannah is Tony’s favourite as she is extremely attractive. When she meets Tony she behaves aloofly when she is looking out of the window. She acts rather harsh towards him “well, aren’t you going to be civil…” this makes Tony excited and nervous. Hannah pretends to be disinterested with Tony when really she isn’t. She puts him on the spot but she manages to keep herself calm and cool “Tony, feeling a dim sort of sweat rising up…”
Hannah starts to become suspicious of Tony when he starts whispering. Then Hannah thinks she hears screaming, Tony makes a lie up about this because he isn’t going to tell her that he has two other women in the back of his cart. Hannah then changes her personality really quickly “ do you like her better than me?” she offers herself to Tony, so she is pleased when Tony agrees to drop Milly for her “how delightful” this proves that Hannah has no self respect for Milly or herself. Hannah then hears the sounds again but thinks nothing of it this time as she has got what she wants.
When Hannah finally finds out that Milly and Unity are in the back of the cart as well she is fuming. Tony asks her to hold onto the reins and this causes then to crash.
Tony asks Hannah if she wants to marry him she declines. Hannah deceives herself and her father because he told her to keep away from Tony and he is very upset that his daughter was willing to marry Tony. “My daughter is not willing sir” in the end Hannah made the right choice.
Tony is a clean-shaven, good-looking guy. He has suffered from small pox as he has indents on his face. This doesn’t affect the appearance that he has; the women like him a lot and “ he loved them in shoals”
Tony isn’t a happy person to look at but underneath his stern face is a sly, immature and likes to have a laugh.
Tony is meant to be getting married to a woman called Milly. He does not treat her right as he still pursues two other women: Hannah Jolliver and Unity Sallet. He wants to settle down, but he needs to decide which woman he wants.
Tony is extremely crafty. He hasn’t made up his mind and he doesn’t until the last minute, he constantly coaxes them all with promises. Starting with Unity. He tries to blackmail her with a promise, as he doesn’t want a confrontation. “Perhaps I shall put a loving question to you after all”
It starts to go wrong when he forgets that he was meant to pick Milly. He tries to get rid of her. Tony deceives all of the girls and himself. He tells Unity that she is prettier than Milly “prettier than she?”
Tony is betraying his fiancée. He makes a mistake when he asks Milly to hide because of Hannah.
When they are all going the cart Tony is very tense and speaks with a whisper. Hannah finds this quite uncanny. He tells Hannah that he likes her too. “My sweet Hannah!” he says this with out realizing that the others heard, he is a smooth talker.
It all goes pear shaped when they stop and talk to his father. When the women have the accident and realize that they are all in the cart they are livid. Tony tries to flatter Hannah and Unity “she is as sound as a bell for me…” Tony has the cheek to ask the other two first then finally asks Milly.
And so I come to the conclusion that Tony has been most deceitful, as he deceives them all, but most of all Milly.
Although Milly, Unity and Hannah have all cheated each other and themselves, they weren't to know what Tony was like. They couldn’t see through him. From the sounds of it all three women were attractive and they all wanted him, but didn’t realize what he was like. Tony couldn’t make up his mind, as he wanted them all he finds in very hard to say “NO”
I think Unity and Hannah behaved properly by not accepting the proposal from Tony in the end because they are better off without him. Deep down he is a scheming man and only thinks of himself. Milly likes Tony so much she is prepared to marry him after he has asked all the other women first this proves that she is a forgiving person.
Tony, Hannah and Unity deserve nothing because they are selfish as they just considered themselves, they didn’t take into account of Milly’s feelings.
So really Milly would have been better off without them. Tony can’t cope with being alone. Hannah is not bothered by Tony’s cheating; she refuses him out of embarrassment and because of her father. Unity would of forgiven Tony for cheating if he hadn’t asked Hannah first but “she will not take her leavings”
Milly chooses to marry Tony because she thinks Tony doesn’t really mean that he wanted the other two.
