ve him his chance; his principle was that when
a share rose above its true value a reaction was bound to follow.
Accordingly, when the bank shares rose to two thousand francs he began
to sell, and though Saccard by steady buying forced them to over three
thousand francs, he continued to sell. His losses meantime were, of
course, enormous, but having got information through Baroness Sandorff
that Saccard's resources were at an end, he made a final effort, with
the result that a panic ensued, the price of the shares broke, and
Saccard, along with the bank, was ruined. L'Argent.

GUNTHER (OTTO), captain in the Prussian Guard. He was a cousin of Weiss
on the mother's side. His feelings were strongly anti-French, and he
refused to give any assistance to Henriette Weiss after the death of her
husband, when she was searching for his body. La Debacle.

GUSTAVE, Maxime Saccard's hairdresser. La Curee.

GUTMANN, a soldier in the Prussian Army, who took part in the attack
on Bazeilles. It was he who tore Henriette Weiss from the arms of her
husband, who, being a civilian, was about to be executed for firing
upon the Prussian troops. Henriette found him later in the ambulance
at Remilly. He was unable to speak, a ball having carried away half his
tongue, and they could only guess from the sounds he made that his name
was Gutmann. Henriette, moved by pity, remained with him to the end, and
she alone followed him to the place of burial. La Debacle.

GUYOT (ABBE), a priest of Saint-Eutrope. He took duty temporarily at
Artaud while Abbe Mouret was ill. La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret.

GUYOT-LAPLANCHE, a man of considerable importance in the Second Empire,
whom Clorinde Balbi gained to the cause of Eugene Rougon. Son Excellence
Eugene Rougon.

H

HAFFNER, a well-known manufacturer, at Colmar. He was a
multi-millionaire, and became a politician during the time of the Second
Empire. He was the husband of Suzanne Haffner. La Curee.

HAFFNER (MADAME SUZANNE), wife of a celebrated manufacturer of Colmar,
a millionaire twenty times over, whom the Empire was transforming into a
politician. She was the inseparable companion of the Marquise d'Espanet,
and had been a schoolfellow of Madame Renee Saccard. La Curee.

HALLEGRAIN (CAPTAIN JACQUES), the father of Christine. He was a Gascon
from Montauban. A stroke of paralysis in the legs caused his retirement
from the army, and he settled at Clermont with his wife and daughter.
One day, wh