ns, and in excuse pleaded
that he had not a journal in which he could support their cause;
but when, still later, he became director of a great Art review, he
preserved the same silence. After innumerable love affairs, he ended by
marrying Mathilde Jabouille. L'Oeuvre.

JORY (MADAME), wife of the preceding. See Mathilde Jabouille.

JOSEPH, a butler in the employment of Nana at La Mignotte. Nana.

JOSEPH, an old soldier who secured a situation in "The Ladies' Paradise"
through the influence of Lhomme, whose foster brother he was. He married
Mlle. de Fontenailles, a shop-girl in the establishment. Au Bonheur des
Dames.

JOSEPH (MADAME), the concierge of the house on Quay Bourbon where Claude
Lantier lived. L'Oeuvre.

JOSSE (MADEMOISELLE) kept a little school for young children in Rue
Polonceau. Anna Coupeau was her pupil, and made herself such a nuisance
that twice Mademoiselle Josse sent her away, taking her back each time
in order not to lose the small fees. L'Assommoir.

Nana in later years exchanged reminiscences with Satin, who, like
herself, had been a pupil at Mademoiselle Josse's school. Nana.

JOSSERAND PERE, the father of Josserand, the cashier at the Saint-Joseph
glass-works. He was originally a solicitor at Clermont. Pot-Bouille.

JOSSERAND, cashier at the St. Joseph glass-works. His salary was not a
large one, and in consequence of the determination of his wife to keep
up a greater style than they could afford, he was engaged in a continual
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 wife
and daughters, he was not in a condition to stand the disgrace of his
daughter Berthe's liaison with Octave Mouret, and he was struck down by
paralysis, which soon after resulted in his death. Pot-Bouille.

JOSSERAND (MADAME ELEANORE), wife of the preceding. Her two objects
in life were to appear better off than she really was, and to
secure husbands for her daughters. In the latter quest she had many
disappointments, and 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 to induce her brother, Narcisse
Bachelard, to pay the dowry which he had long ago promised to his niece.
As he refused to do so