tegreil, a young girl to whom
he was tenderly devoted, accompanied him, but was shot in the attack by
regular troops. He was taken prisoner, and having been brought back to
Plassans, was executed there. La Fortune des Rougon.

MOUSSEAU (ABBE), a priest at Plassans. La Conquete de Plassans.

MOURGUE, a peasant of Poujols, who, armed with a fork, had taken part
in the insurrectionary rising against the _Coup d'Etat_. He was made
prisoner, and was led to Plassans, tied by the arm to Silvere Mouret,
who had also been arrested. He was shot at the same time as Silvere by
Rengade, the gendarme. La Fortune des Rougon.

MOUTON, a cat which belonged to the Quenus, and was a favourite of
little Pauline. Le Ventre de Paris.

MUCHE, the name by which Louise Mehudin's son was known in the market.
He was befriended by Florent, who taught him to read and write. Le
Ventre de Paris.

MUFFAT (MAMAN), wife of General Muffat de Beuville, who was created
Comte by Napoleon I. She was an insufferable old woman, who was always
hand-in-glove with the priests, and had an authoritative manner, which
bent every one to her will. Her daughter-in-law, Comtesse Sabine, was
entirely under her dominion, and was forced by her to lead an almost
cloistered existence. Nana.

MUFFAT DE BEUVILLE (COMTE), son of the preceding and of General Muffat
de Beuville. Brought up in the strictest manner by his mother, his life
was one of cold and severe propriety, and being regarded with favour
at the Court, he was appointed Chamberlain to the Empress. He married
Sabine de Chouard, by whom he had one daughter, Estelle. For seventeen
years of married life his career was a pattern of all the virtues, until
a chance meeting with Nana led to an infatuation amounting to mania.
Everything was sacrificed to her, and no degradation to his self-respect
seemed too high a price to pay for her favour. Disgusted for a time by
her liaison with Fontan, he left her, and turned for amusement to Rose
Mignon, but the infatuation for Nana reasserted itself, and he recovered
her good graces by inducing Bordenave to give her a part which she
greatly desired in _La Petite Duchesse_, a play by Fauchery. He spent
vast sums upon Nana, giving her a magnificent house in the Avenue de
Villiers. Her influence over him became complete, and he even accepted
Daguenet, her former lover, as his son-in-law. He overlooked too his
wife's numerous liaisons, as he required her signature to enable him to