# Beau Lassiter — The Big Time character guide

> Beau Lassiter in The Big Time by Fritz Leiber.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Beau, Hodgson Beau

**First appearance:** 0000-i-enter-three-hussars

## Snapshot

A sallow, professional presence behind the bar, Beau appoints himself protector of the New Girl and watches the room with quiet, responsible eyes.

## Who they are

He mixes drinks, reads faces, and takes the New Girl's arrival as a personal charge, though the two have not yet reached any agreement. His calm competence contrasts with the militarists' noise and gives the Place a working social fabric beneath the ideological scraps. Beau matters because his small, steady acts of care show what ordinary decency looks like when everyone is trapped together and no one knows the rules.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_big_time_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_friendship_

Beau is a loyal and charismatic ally to the narrator, often providing comic relief and steadfast support.

### [Sidney Lessingham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_big_time_se/characters/sidney_lessingham)

_professional_

Beau and Sidney have a respectful but distant professional dynamic, with Beau often deferring to Sidney's leadership.

### [Erich von Hohenwald](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_big_time_se/characters/erich_von_hohenwald)

_friendship_

Beau and Erich have a friendly but wary relationship, marked by mutual respect and occasional tension.

### [Sidney Lessingham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_big_time_se/characters/sidney_lessingham)

_professional_

Beau and Sidney have a respectful but distant professional dynamic, with Beau often deferring to Sidney's leadership.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_big_time_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_friendship_

Beau is a loyal and charismatic ally to the narrator, often providing comic relief and steadfast support.

### [Erich von Hohenwald](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_big_time_se/characters/erich_von_hohenwald)

_friendship_

Beau and Erich have a friendly but wary relationship, marked by mutual respect and occasional tension.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_big_time_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_friendship_

Beau is a loyal and charismatic ally to the narrator, often providing comic relief and steadfast support.

### [Sidney Lessingham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_big_time_se/characters/sidney_lessingham)

_professional_

Beau and Sidney have a respectful but distant professional dynamic, with Beau often deferring to Sidney's leadership.

### [Erich von Hohenwald](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_big_time_se/characters/erich_von_hohenwald)

_friendship_

Beau and Erich have a friendly but wary relationship, marked by mutual respect and occasional tension.

## In the story

### [I: Enter Three Hussars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_big_time_se/chapters/i-enter-three-hussars)

Copilot and piano player, assists Sid with the Maintainers.

### [II: A Right-Hand Glove](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_big_time_se/chapters/ii-a-right-hand-glove)

Engages in philosophical debate with Bruce about the Conservation of Reality and the resilience of nations, defending his vision of a Greater South.

### [VII: Time to Think](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_big_time_se/chapters/vii-time-to-think)

Shamed by his boss and his girl, hugs his troubles quietly, and suggests Introverting the Place.

### [XIII: The Tiger Is Loose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_big_time_se/chapters/xiii-the-tiger-is-loose)

Beau jumps Erich to protect Lili but is intercepted by Illy; he ends up pinned by Kaby's gravity.

### [XV: Lord Spider](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_big_time_se/chapters/xv-lord-spider)

Takes the Major Maintainer and begins tuning it to call headquarters.

## Links

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