bout forty years of age. She was a constant customer at "The Ladies'
Paradise," but as her husband kept her very short of money, was seldom
able to buy anything. Eventually temptation proved too strong for her,
and she was caught in the act of stealing some valuable lace. The matter
was, however, kept quiet, and a scandal avoided. Au Bonheur des Dames.

BOVES (BLANCHE DE), daughter of the preceding. She usually accompanied
her mother on her shopping expeditions to "The Ladies' Paradise," and,
it is to be feared, was not unaware of the theft of lace by her. She
married Paul de Vallagnosc. Au Bonheur des Dames.

BRAMAH, an English horse which won the Grand Prix de Paris. It belonged
to Lord Reading. Nana.

BRAMBILLA (SIGNOR), a Venetian political refugee, and a friend of
Comtesse Balbi. Son Excellence Eugene Rougon.

BRETIGNY (COMTESSE DE). Auguste Lantier, reading the news from a
journal to his friends Coupeau and Mes-Bottes, announced that the eldest
daughter of the Comtesse de Bretigny was to be married to Baron de
Valencay, aide-de-camp to His Majesty the Emperor. L'Assommoir.

BRETON-LE-CUL-SEC, one of the band of brigands led by Beau-Francois. La
Terre.

BRICHET, the father of Fortune, Rosalie Bambousse's lover. He was a
little man, withered by age, and with a cringing manner. He tilled a
small piece of stony land near Les Artaud, and was very poor. La Faute
de l'Abbe Mouret.

BRICHET (MADAME), wife of the preceding, a tall, lachrymose woman, was
the one solitary devotee of the village of Les Artaud. Whenever she
had been to communion, she hung about the parsonage, knowing that the
priest's servant always kept a couple of loaves for her from the last
baking. La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret.

BRICHET (FORTUNE), son of the preceding, was a largely built,
bold-looking young fellow of about twenty-five years of age, who had
been the lover of Rosalie Bambousse for some time before Abbe Mouret was
able to induce the girl's parents to consent to her marriage. La Faute
de l'Abbe Mouret.

BRICHET (VINCENT), brother of Fortune, was the boy who assisted Abbe
Mouret in serving Mass. He was an idle young scamp, and constantly
incurred the chastisement of Brother Archangias, who predicted a bad end
for him on account of his friendship for Catherine Bambousse. La Faute
de l'Abbe Mouret.

BRIQUET, a peasant of Rognes. His son drew the number 13 for the
conscription. La Terre.

BRON (MADAME), concierge at the Theatre des Var