o lived in a hovel adjoining her own property, and
two children were born. The legitimate son, Pierre Rougon, was brought
up along with his half brother and sister, Antoine and Ursule, with
whom, however, he was not on good terms. From her eighteenth year
Adelaide was subject to nervous fits, which brought on convulsions, and
though she was not yet insane, these repeated shocks produced cerebral
disorders. "She lived from day to day like a child; like a fawning
animal yielding to its instincts." These conditions continued for about
twenty years, till the death of Macquart, and the children grew up as
best they could. By this time Pierre realized the situation, and playing
upon his mother's mental weakness, he brought her completely under
his sway. On the death of Macquart, Adelaide went to live in the
hovel bequeathed to her by him, and Pierre sold the family property,
appropriating the price. Living at first entirely alone, her intellect
became more and more affected by the recurring convulsive fits.
Subsequently her grandson Silvere Mouret lived with her, but after
his execution, of which she was a witness, she became quite insane. La
Fortune des Rougon.

She was always under restraint, and remained a living sore to the
family. The little property which belonged to her son Antoine Macquart
was close to the asylum where she was confined, and Pierre Rougon seemed
to have placed him there to look after her. Adelaide seldom spoke,
and for twelve years had never moved from her chair. La Conquete de
Plassans.

At 104 years old she was still living in the asylum at Les Tulettes.
She was little better than a skeleton, and in her long, thin face it
was only in the eyes that there was any sign of life. Immovable in her
chair, she remained from year to year like a spectre, calling up the
horrors of her family history. A sudden accident, the death of little
Charles Saccard from nasal hemorrhage, wakened in her sleeping brain
recollections of years before; she saw again the murder of Silvere,
killed by a pistol-shot, and she saw also her lover Macquart, the
smuggler, killed like a dog by the gendarmes. The shock proved too much
for her feeble strength, and she died the following day (in 1873), aged
105 years, three months, and seven days. Le Docteur Pascal.

FOUSSET (LE PERE), tenant of the farm of Millouard, in the Canton
of Orgeres. He was a victim of the band of brigands commanded by
Beau-Francois. La Terre.

FRANCHOMME (L