A Zola Dictionary

ce by Fauchery, played at the Theatre des Variete

r the second time a woman named Mathilde. His shop was at one time prosperous, but business fell away unt

business began to decrease, and this, it would appear, was due to her reputation, which alarmed the more respectable customers. Her liaisons were numerous, and included

ed on the eve of a catastrophe. His money melted away on settling days." He acted as broker for Daigremont, and also for Gundermann. The great gamble in the shares of the Universal Bank resolved itself into a duel between Jacob

duced Eugene Rougon, the Minister, to increase the old l

ook an interest in him, and asked Eugene Rougon to sec

s a remisier or broker's tout. At the time of the foundation of the Universal Bank he suggested to Saccard the purchase of a newspaper to be employed in the interest of the company. The purchase was carried out, and Jantrou was appointed editor. Subseq

books which had been saved from a fire in the old mansion, and these he studied for twenty years, imbibing from them the rationalistic theories of the eighteenth century. He had no respect for religion, a

enard, which developed in the eighteenth centur

obriquet of Hyacint

uring the Second Empire. The Emperor admired Madame J

ugene Rougon took him into the office of the Minister of the Interior

ommander of the Legion of Honour, and an appointment for his son. He was a cousin of M. Bouchard. Af

ther the workers or the masters. During the strike he took his walks at night, to prevent himself fr

gnon, who deserted her for a

ars ago she had met Bismarck, who struck her as stupid

r parents were against the marriage on the ground of Jordan's occupation and want of means. Having made the acquaintance of Saccard, he received an appointment on the staff of the newspaper purchased to support the policy of the Universal Bank. He did not speculat

he was the only child of M. Maugendre, who was rui

sand francs a year as a leader-writer and art critic. His first success was gained in a series of articles in a little newspaper called Le Tambour, in which he fell foul of the accepted canons of art, and hailed Claude Lantier and his companions as the founders of a new school. Later he claimed to have made Fagerolles by his articles, in the same manner as he formerly took credit for

of the preceding. Se

he employment of Nana

hrough the influence of Lhomme, whose foster brother he was. He married Ml

f the house on Quay Bourbon wher

upeau was her pupil, and made herself such a nuisance that twice Mademoiselle Josse se

with Satin, who, like herself, had been a

shier at the Saint-Joseph glass-works. He was o

tinual struggle to make ends meet; to gain a few extra francs he frequently spent much of the night addressing circulars for a firm of publishers. Worn out by hard work and by the continual bickerings of his

her temper, never good, correspondingly suffered, her unfortunate husband bearing the brunt. A marriage having ultimately been arranged between Berthe Josserand and Auguste Vabre, Madame Josserand made a strong effort

hady means, and the marriage took place. Vabre's health was not good, and Berthe soon became discontented, a state of mind largely induced by the bad advice of her mother. About this time Octave Mouret came to be assistant in Vabre's shop, and Berthe, carried

er, but she made her own choice, selecting one Verdier, a lawyer. The marriage was put off from time t

of Madame Dambreville, whose lover he became. Ultimately she arranged a marriage between him and her niece Raymonde

wife of the preceding.

Berthe was a little girl, he nursed her through a long illness, and since he saved her life he adored her with a deep, passionate devotion. The preparations for her marriage to Auguste Vabre affected him so seriously that his removal to an asylum became necessary, and he

and, assisting her in settling up her affairs. Along with M. Rambaud, his half-brother, he was a regular visitor at Helene's house, and later endeavoured to arrange a marriage between her and

n the staff he watched the customers, and it was he who detected Madame de Boves in the act of stealing some fine lace. He made certain a

ly average abilities who had built up a large practice by hard work. His views were somewhat advanced, and he had ma

. He lived on her earnings as a

l resided. One night while he was on guard at the Voreux mine he was murdered by Jeanlin Maheu, who with the assistan

s dresser at the Thea

mployment of the Duv

illiers. He left the house with a large sum, as Comte Muffa

to nominate him as an officer of the Legion of Honour, and gave the decora

had left her after ten days of married life, and thenceforth she lived alone in qui

gh Bressure, where he had some blast-furnaces, the value of which it would considerably increase. Rougon supported him energetically, and had almost secured the grant when his retirement from office delayed the

g. She lived a very retired life at

in Paris. It was at their house that Baron

gold bars. He was a man of Jewish origin, and having heard that Daigremont was to be connected with the Universal Bank, he r