# Master Scaufflaire — Les Misérables character guide

> Master Scaufflaire in Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** this Scaufflaire, Scaufflaire, Monsieur Scaufflaire

**First appearance:** 0059-xiii-the-solution-of-some-questions-connected-with-the-municipal-police

## Who they are

A coachman who rents Jean Valjean a carriage.

## In the story

### [The Perspicacity of Master Scaufflaire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-the-perspicacity-of-master-scaufflaire)

The Fleming who rents out horses and carriages; he shrewdly negotiates the terms and later deduces M. Madeleine's destination.

### [The Perspicacity of Master Scaufflaire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-the-perspicacity-of-master-scaufflaire)

The shrewd Fleming who rents out horses; he deduces Madeleine's destination from the figures left behind.

### [Forms Assumed by Suffering During Sleep](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iv-forms-assumed-by-suffering-during-sleep)

Mentioned as the person who supposedly ordered the tilbury that arrives at dawn.

### [Forms Assumed by Suffering During Sleep](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iv-forms-assumed-by-suffering-during-sleep)

His coachman arrives with a tilbury, causing Valjean to shudder upon hearing the name.

### [Hindrances](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/v-hindrances)

Mentioned as the owner of the horse Valjean rides; Valjean remembers his promise to stand by the horse while it eats.

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