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Other recurring characters include < span id = Violet Elizabeth Bott > Violet Elizabeth Bott </ span >, lisping spoiled daughter of the local nouveau riche millionaire ( whose companionship William reluctantly endures, to prevent her carrying out her threat " I'll thcream and thcream ' till I'm thick "), and Joan Clive, the dark haired girl for whom William has a soft spot.

Joan is sometimes considered a member of the Outlaws ( the only girl entitled to this high privilege ) and sometimes an " Outlaw ally " because she took a special oath.

At one point she went away to boarding school, but continued to appear in William's adventures during her holidays.