raise still more money for Nana. Muffat's means were coming to an end,
however, and the scandal reached such a height that he was forced to
resign his position at the Tuileries. It was only when he learned that
Nana was carrying on a liaison with his own father-in-law, the aged
Marquis de Chouard, that he finally broke with her, and coming once more
under the influence of Venot, he sought forgetfulness of the past in an
exaggerated devotion to the service of the Church. Nana.

MUFFAT DE BEUVILLE (COMTESSE), wife of the preceding. See Sabine de
Chouard. Nana.

MUFFAT DE BEUVILLE (ESTELLE), daughter of the preceding. At sixteen she
was thin and insignificant, seldom speaking, but after her marriage to
Daguenet, she exhibited a will of iron, and completely dominated her
husband. Nana.

MULLER (BLANCHE), a favourite actress at the Theatre des Varietes. La
Curee.

MUSSY (M. DE) was an admirer of Renee Saccard, and aspired to be her
lover. He received an appointment on the staff of the London embassy. La
Curee.

N

NANA. See Anna Coupeau.

NANA, name of a filly in the racing stable of Vandeuvres. She had been
beaten in several races, and when run for the Grand Prix de Paris was
looked on as an outsider. The success of the filly by fraudulent means
led to the disqualification of the owner. Nana.

NAPOLEON III, Emperor of the French. Referred to in _Son Excellence
Eugene Rougon_ and in _La Debacle_.

NATHANSOHN, a stockbroker. He came from Besancon, where his father was a
watchmaker. He was very fortunate in his speculations, and soon became
a man of consequence. His Jewish caution prevented him from becoming
involved with Saccard in the affairs of the Universal Bank, and when
that institution collapsed he was in a position to snatch a fortune from
its ruin. L'Argent.

NAUD, a shoemaker in Rue d'Antin who felt severely the competition of
Octave Mouret's great shop. Au Bonheur des Dames.

NAUDET, a cousin of the Quenus. He was a member of Pauline's family
council, and consented to her emancipation. La Joie de Vivre.

NAUDET, a picture-dealer who for some years had been revolutionizing the
trade. He put aside the old cautious methods, the watching for pictures
by beginners, bought for ten francs and sold for fifteen. To judge by
his appearance he might have been a nobleman, and his habits were in
keeping; he was, in fact, a pure speculator in pictures, caring nothing
for art. But he unfailingly scented suc