recovery. It was through him that Henriette Weiss and Jean
gained their knowledge of the disasters which were everywhere overtaking
the French army. La Debacle.

DAMBREVILLE, a Government official who married in order to secure
promotion through the influence of his wife. Pot-Bouille.

DAMBREVILLE (MADAME), wife of the preceding. An elderly woman with a
passion for Leon Josserand, whose appointment as Maitre des Requetes
she procured by her influence. She promised to secure a wealthy wife for
him, but delayed to do so until he insisted on a match being arranged
between him and her niece Raymonde. Her friendly relations with him
continued to subsist even after his marriage. Pot-Bouille.

DAMBREVILLE (RAYMONDE), niece of Dambreville. See Madame Leon Josserand.

DANSAERT, a head captain in the Voreux pit. He was brutal and
overbearing with the workmen, but humble in the presence of his
superiors. Though it was well known that he was the lover of La
Pierronne, he was friendly with her husband, and got information from
him regarding the progress of the strike. On the day of the accident
in the pit he became mad with fear, and leaped into one of the cages,
leaving his men at the bottom. This action, together with the scandals
regarding him, caused the company to decide on his dismissal. Germinal.

DASTE (MADAME), a friend of the Saccards and of Madame de Lauwerens. La
Curee.

DAUVERGNE, deputy station-master for the main lines at the Gare
Saint-Lazare. He occupied with his family, Claire, Henri, and Sophie,
a house belonging to the railway company in the Impasse d'Amsterdam. La
Bete Humaine.

DAUVERGNE (CLAIRE), daughter of the preceding and sister of Sophie.
The two sisters were both charming blondes, one eighteen and the other
twenty, who, amidst a constant stream of gaiety, looked after the
housekeeping with the six thousand francs earned by the two men. The
elder one would be heard laughing, while the younger sang, and a cage
full of exotic birds rivalled one another in roulades. La Bete Humaine.

DAUVERGNE (HENRI), a chief guard in the service of the Western Railway
Company. He was in love with Severine Roubaud, but was aware of her
liaison with Jacques Lantier. He was injured in the railway accident at
Croix-de-Maufras, and having been removed to a house which belonged to
Severine, he was nursed by her there. In a hallucination of illness,
he believed that he heard, outside his window, Roubaud arranging with
Ca