# Bob Pretty — The Lady of the Barge character guide

> Bob Pretty in The Lady of the Barge by W. W. Jacobs.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Bob, ses Bob Pretty, ses Bob

**First appearance:** 0000-the-lady-of-the-barge

## Snapshot

A sharp-witted bargeman whose easy charm and quicker tongue keep him a step ahead of every skipper and mate who tries to pin him down.

## Who they are

Bob Pretty moves through the river folk as a man who always seems to know more than he lets on, trading on other people's assumptions while keeping his own counsel. His gift for talk gets him out of scrapes and into schemes, and the men around him can never quite decide whether to trust or resent him. That ambiguity makes him the quiet engine of trouble in the tales, the fellow whose next move the reader is always trying to guess.

## Relationships

### [Henery Walker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/characters/henery_walker)

_rivalry_

Bob Pretty constantly plays tricks on the gullible Henery Walker.

### [Henery Walker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/characters/henery_walker)

_rivalry_

Bob Pretty constantly plays tricks on the gullible Henery Walker.

### [Henery Walker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/characters/henery_walker)

_rivalry_

Bob Pretty constantly plays tricks on the gullible Henery Walker.

## In the story

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

Servant who assists with the rope and candle, and runs for help after the accident.

### [A Tiger's Skin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/a-tiger-s-skin)

Scoffs at the tiger story, claiming disbelief, but is proven wrong when the tiger attacks Frederick Scott's hens.

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