# Mr. Villa — Blue Hand character guide

> Mr. Villa in Blue Hand by Edgar Wallace.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Villa, the bearded Villa

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Snapshot

A bearded man whose body becomes a problem for his accomplices, Villa is the sort of associate Digby Groat disposes of when he becomes inconvenient.

## Who they are

Villa belongs to the shadowy circle around Digby Groat — Spaniards, pilots, and men with reasons to fear English gaols. His death is discussed on a terrace with the same cool calculation as a flight schedule, and it tells you everything about how Digby treats his own people. The discovery of his body is one more thread pulling the conspirators toward exposure, even as they prepare to flee Kennett Hall.

## Relationships

### [Digby Groat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blue_hand_se/characters/digby_groat)

_rivalry_

Digby and Mr. Villa are adversaries, clashing over money or influence.

### [Jim Steele](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blue_hand_se/characters/jim_steele)

_rivalry_

Jim and Mr. Villa are opponents, with Jim investigating Villa's shady dealings.

### [Digby Groat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blue_hand_se/characters/digby_groat)

_rivalry_

Digby and Mr. Villa are adversaries, clashing over money or influence.

### [Jim Steele](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blue_hand_se/characters/jim_steele)

_rivalry_

Jim and Mr. Villa are opponents, with Jim investigating Villa's shady dealings.

### [Jim Steele](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blue_hand_se/characters/jim_steele)

_rivalry_

Jim and Mr. Villa are opponents, with Jim investigating Villa's shady dealings.

### [Digby Groat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blue_hand_se/characters/digby_groat)

_rivalry_

Digby and Mr. Villa are adversaries, clashing over money or influence.

## In the story

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blue_hand_se/chapters/viii)

Seen leaving the Grosvenor Square house, a short thickset man with an enormous brown beard.

### [The Retreat to Kennett Hall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blue_hand_se/chapters/xxx)

Arrives by aeroplane at Kennett Hall; receives instructions from Digby to buy Maxilla's yacht.

### [XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blue_hand_se/chapters/xxxvi)

Assists Digby by arranging men (Bronson, Fuentes, Silva) and a car for the escape plan.

### [XXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blue_hand_se/chapters/xxxviii)

Guards the passage outside Eunice's room and later brings her cocoa, announcing she will be taken by aeroplane.

### [XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blue_hand_se/chapters/xxxix)

Talks with Bronson about guarding Eunice and sleeping in the passage; mentions Fuentes and the aeroplane.

### [XL](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blue_hand_se/chapters/xl)

Pilot of the plane, suspicious of Jim's navigation, accompanies Eunice.

### [XLVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blue_hand_se/chapters/xlviii)

The Brazilian captain who gave Eunice the revolver and warns Digby of Steele's approach.

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