# Bill Kampf — Short Fiction character guide

> Bill Kampf in Short Fiction by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Bill

**First appearance:** 0206-i

## Who they are

A young man who is a friend of the protagonist.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned as someone to be included in the scheme against Hubert Blair.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/iv)

Member of the Scandal Detectives; wears a Balkan mustache and is a 'natural man' who pursues Hubert without scruple.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/v)

Bill arrives with Riply Buckner, also claiming a party invitation, and laughs along with Basil and Riply at Hubert's tale.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/iii)

Offers Basil a weekend invitation, providing an escape from the night's disappointments.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/iv)

Hosts Basil and Minnie, inadvertently gives them time alone.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/iii)

Plays a crook alongside Basil; stumbles on a line but recovers, and later wipes makeup off his forehead to audience laughter.

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