a week there, and
offering his services from one farm to another when his employer did not
want him. When there was a scarcity of work he begged on the high-roads,
living partly on the vegetables he stole. He professed strong
revolutionary principles, which he was fond of airing in village
ale-shops. He was a friend of Hyacinthe Fouan. La Terre.

LETELLIER, father of Madame Deberle and her sister Pauline. He owned
an extensive silk warehouse on the Boulevard des Capucines. "Since his
wife's death he had been taking his younger daughter about everywhere,
in search of a rich husband for her." Une Page d'Amour.

LETELLIER (JULIETTE). See Madame Deberle.

LETELLIER (PAULINE), the younger daughter of M. Letellier, a wealthy
silk merchant, and sister of Madame Deberle. She was a giddy young girl
who went about everywhere with her father in the hope of securing a rich
husband, and was a constant visitor at the house of her sister. Une Page
d'Amour.

LETURC (MADAME), widow of a captain, was a protegee of Madame Correur,
who obtained a tobacco licence for her. Son Excellence Eugene Rougon.

LEVAQUE, a neighbour of the Maheus. He was of intemperate habits, and
beat his wife on little provocation. During the strike he was among
the most reckless, and at the assault on the Voreux pit he was taken
prisoner by the troops. His arrest made him a sort of hero, and by the
Paris newspapers he was credited with a reply of antique sublimity to
the examining magistrate. Germinal.

LEVAQUE (ACHILLE), the eldest child of Zacharie Maheu and of Philomene
Levaque. He was three years old when his parents were married. Germinal.

LEVAQUE (BEBERT), son of the Levaques, was a little boy of twelve, who
already worked in the pit. Along with Lydie Pierron, he was a companion
of Jeanlin Maheu in many escapades. As Jeanlin became more daring and
unscrupulous, Bebert and Lydie were drawn together in an affection born
of their common fear of him. The three children were present at the
attack on the Voreux pit, and Bebert and Lydie, killed by the volley
fired by the troops, fell dead in one another's arms. Germinal.

LEVAQUE (DESIREE), the youngest child of Philomene, aged nine months.
Germinal.

LEVAQUE (PHILOMENE), daughter of the Levaques, had two children to
Zacharie Maheu before her marriage to him. She had a delicacy of the
chest and was unable to work underground. After the death of her husband
she left Montsou with her two children, in the