# Mr. Bailiff — Moonfleet character guide

> Mr. Bailiff in Moonfleet by John Meade Falkner.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** bailiff

**First appearance:** 0004-i-in-moonfleet-village

## Who they are

The local bailiff who enforces the law.

## Relationships

### [Elzevir Block](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/characters/elzevir_block)

_professional_

Mr. Bailiff is a legal official who deals with Elzevir's legal troubles and debts.

### [Grace Maskew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/characters/grace_maskew)

_professional_

Mr. Bailiff handles financial matters for Grace's family, often causing her distress.

### [Grace Maskew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/characters/grace_maskew)

_professional_

Mr. Bailiff handles financial matters for Grace's family, often causing her distress.

### [Elzevir Block](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/characters/elzevir_block)

_professional_

Mr. Bailiff is a legal official who deals with Elzevir's legal troubles and debts.

### [Grace Maskew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/characters/grace_maskew)

_professional_

Mr. Bailiff handles financial matters for Grace's family, often causing her distress.

## In the story

### [An Auction](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/vii-an-auction)

Oversees the auction, offers Elzevir the Mermaid inn, leaves after the lease is sealed.

### [XIV: The Well-House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/xiv-the-well-house)

The turnkey who lets them into the castle and leads them to the well-house; described as puffy-faced with shifty eyes, he is complicit in the search for a share of the treasure.

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