# Master Gaspard — Gil Blas character guide

> Master Gaspard in Gil Blas by Alain-René Lesage.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Gaspard

**First appearance:** 0023-ii

## Who they are

A miserly and suspicious old man who employs Gil Blas.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/iv)

Don Ferdinand's servant; proposes the mock oath and instructs Gil Blas on how to appear witty.

### [The loves of Gil Blas and the fair Antonia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/viii)

Mentioned as the cook who is a rival for Antonia's hand; he is dismissed from service.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/xi)

The profligate son who plots to poison his father and attempts to recruit Scipio as an accomplice.

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