# Tough Bill — The Moon and Sixpence character guide

> Tough Bill in The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Tough Bill

**First appearance:** 0039-xl

## Who they are

A rough sailor who befriends Strickland during his voyage to Tahiti.

## In the story

### [XLVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_and_sixpence_se/chapters/xlvii)

Tough Bill runs a sailors' boardinghouse in Marseilles. He provides shelter but later throws Strickland and Nichols out after a dispute. He fights Strickland and is knocked unconscious.

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