# Bill — Three Men in a Boat character guide

> Bill in Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Will, William, old Billy Maunders

**First appearance:** 0008-vii

## Who they are

A local man encountered during the river trip.

## In the story

### [Plans Discussed—Pleasures of Camping-out—Compromise Decided on—Montmorency, First Impressions of](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/three_men_in_a_boat_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned in the hypothetical tent-collapse scenario.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/three_men_in_a_boat_se/chapters/vii)

Bow is the thickheaded oarsman who splashes the fashion-plate ladies and makes them wash up.

### [Washing Day and Fishy Stories](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/three_men_in_a_boat_se/chapters/xvii)

Referenced as 'old Billy Maunders' in the landlord's list of storytellers.

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