# Old Billy — Swallows and Amazons character guide

> Old Billy in Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Old Billy, That old Billy

**First appearance:** 0014-xiii-the-charcoal-burners

## Who they are

Elderly local man, possibly a fisherman or boatman.

## In the story

### [XIII: The Charcoal-Burners](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/swallows_and_amazons_se/chapters/xiii-the-charcoal-burners)

One of the charcoal-burners, very old, who shows the children the serpent and recalls knowing Mrs. Blackett when she was young.

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