ened under the influence of her husband, and ultimately her whole
desire was to avoid the necessity of a division of her father's estate
between her sister and herself. Moved by these feelings, her love for
Francoise became transformed into a hatred so intense that she did not
hesitate to assist her husband in attempting to bring about the girl's
ruin. In the end, having assisted Buteau in a shameful assault on
Francoise, she afterwards threw her upon a scythe which was lying on
the ground near by, inflicting injuries which proved fatal. Pere Fouan,
having been a witness of the assault, was subsequently murdered by Lise
and her husband, to ensure his silence and their own safety. La Terre.

MOULIN, an assistant station-master at Havre along with Roubaud. La Bete
Humaine.

MOULIN (MADAME), wife of the preceding. She was a little woman, timid
and weak, who was seldom seen. She had a large family of young children.
La Bete Humaine.

MOUNIER, a tenor singer at the Opera, who gave the cue to Madame
Daigremont at a performance in her house. L'Argent.

MOUQUE, father of Mouquet and of Mouquette. He had charge of the horses
in the Voreux pit, and also acted as caretaker at a ruined mine known
as the Requillart, where the company had given him two rooms to live in.
Almost every evening he received a visit from his old comrade Bonnemort.
Germinal.

MOUQUET, son of the preceding, was an inseparable companion of Zacharie
Maheu, along with whom he worked at the Voreux pit. During the strike he
went out of curiosity to see the attack by the strikers on the soldiers
who were guarding the mines, and was killed by a stray ball which struck
him in the mouth.

MOUQUETTE, daughter of Mouque. She was a putter in the Voreux pit, and
lived with her father at the ruined mine of Requillart, where he was
caretaker. She was present at the attack by the strikers on the soldiers
guarding the Voreux, and when the fatal volley was fired she was killed,
in an instinctive attempt to save Catherine Maheu, before whom she
placed herself. Germinal.

MOURET, a hatter of Plassans who married Ursule Macquart in 1810 and
went to live at Marseilles. He was devoted to his wife, and a year after
her death in 1839, he hanged himself in a cupboard where her dresses
were still suspended. He left three children, Helene, Francois, and
Silvere. La Fortune des Rougon.

MOURET (MADAME), wife of the preceding. See Ursule Macquart. La Fortune
des Rougon.

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