less. Lavigniere was disposed to approve of everything, being
consumed with a desire to become a member of the board later on.
L'Argent.

LA VIGNIERE (CHEVALIER DE), grandfather of Madame Chanteau. La Joie de
Vivre.

LA VIGNIERE (EUGENIE DE). See Madame Chanteau.

LA VILLARDIERE (DE), deputy for the department of the Cote d'Or. He was
a friend of La Rouquette. Son Excellence Eugene Rougon.

LEA, a customer at the Cafe Anglais. Nana.

LEBEAU, a man of considerable influence in the Second Empire, whom
Clorinde Balbi was able to gain over to the cause of Eugene Rougon. Son
Excellence Eugene Rougon.

LEBLEU, the cashier at Havre railway station. La Bete Humaine.

LEBLEU (MADAME), wife of the preceding, was a woman of forty-five,
so stout that she was in constant danger of choking. Between her and
Severine Roubaud there was ill-feeling of long standing, arising from
a question of their houses in the Station, the Lebleus occupying that
which should by rights have belonged to the Roubauds, who on account of
the generosity of their predecessor were relegated to rooms little more
cheerful than a prison. She had a mania for spying upon her neighbours,
and in the end caused so much irritation, that she was ordered to
exchange houses with the Roubauds, thus letting them have the one to
which they were entitled. The annoyance, and the change to a dismal
house, proved fatal to Madame Lebleu, and she died four months
afterwards. La Bete Humaine.

LEBIGRE, proprietor of the wine shop where Florent and his friends
held their meetings. He was a police spy. Ultimately he married Louise
Mehudin. Le Ventre de Paris.

LEBIGRE (MADAME). See Louise Mehudin.

LEBOUCQ, Counsellor at the Court of Rouen. He was assessor at the trial
of Roubaud and Cabuche. La Bete Humaine.

LEBOUCQ (MADAME), wife of the preceding. She was a handsome woman, for
whose receptions the barristers of Rouen were beginning to desert those
of Madame Bonnehon, her rival. It was said that to the influence of
Madame Leboucq was largely due the result of the trial of Roubaud, a
result not favourable to the family of President Grandmorin. La Bete
Humaine.

LECOEUR (MADAME), a butter and cheese merchant at the _Halles
Centrales_. She was sister-in-law to Gavard, and had an idea of marrying
him after the death of his wife. He made no advances, however, and she
subsequently regarded him with bitter ill-will. Along with Mlle. Saget,
she took an active share in the g