# Mary — While the Billy Boils character guide

> Mary in While the Billy Boils by Henry Lawson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Poor Mary, Black Mary

**First appearance:** 0011-a-day-on-a-selection

## Who they are

An Aboriginal woman or a servant in a story.

## Relationships

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/characters/the_narrator)

_romantic_

Mary is a love interest from the narrator's past, representing lost or unfulfilled romance in the harsh bush life.

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/characters/the_narrator)

_romantic_

Mary is a love interest from the narrator's past, representing lost or unfulfilled romance in the harsh bush life.

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/characters/the_narrator)

_romantic_

Mary is a love interest from the narrator's past, representing lost or unfulfilled romance in the harsh bush life.

## In the story

### [An Old Mate of Your Father's](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/an-old-mate-of-your-father-s)

The mother, addressed as 'Mary' by the father, who occasionally catches fragments of the men's conversations.

### [Drifted Back](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/drifted-back)

Mary Wild, now married to the grocer; the stranger declines to see her, saying she might not remember him.

### [An Echo from the Old Bark School](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/an-echo-from-the-old-bark-school)

Deceased schoolmate whose name is called, causing a solemn hush.

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