# George Kettle — The Lady of the Barge character guide

> George Kettle in The Lady of the Barge by W. W. Jacobs.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** George, ses George Kettle

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

## Who they are

A young bargeman whose cheerful courtship and impulsive schemes drag his brother-in-law's household into one comic complication after another.

## Relationships

### [Jem Benson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/characters/jem_benson)

_friendship_

Fellow laborers who share a pint and a laugh after work.

### [Jem Benson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/characters/jem_benson)

_friendship_

Fellow laborers who share a pint and a laugh after work.

## In the story

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

Servant who tries to dissuade Benson from going down the well and later helps pull him up.

### [Captain Rogers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/captain-rogers)

A dubious waiter at the inn who serves Gunn his supper.

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