a large quantity of furniture given her by Duveyrier. Pot-Bouille.

PECHARD (ANTOINE), a neighbour of the Fouans. He owned eighteen acres
of land when he married La Grande, who brought him seven acres more. He
died young, leaving one daughter. La Terre.

PECHARD (MADAME), wife of the preceding. See La Grand. La Terre.

PECHARD (MADEMOISELLE), daughter of Antoine Pechard and Marianne
Fouan, his wife. As she insisted on marrying a poor youth named Vincent
Bouteroue, her mother cast her out. Misfortunes pursued the young
couple, both of whom died within a few years, leaving two children in
profound misery. La Terre.

PECQUEUX, a stoker in the employment of the Western Railway Company.
He was married to Mere Victoire, the old nurse of Severine Aubry. His
original intention was to qualify as an engine-driver, but time passed
without advancement, and later there was an insuperable barrier in his
own conduct, for he was given to drinking bouts which converted him for
the time into a savage animal, capable of any violence. His wife lived
at Paris, while Philomene Sauvagnat helped him to pass the hours he was
compelled to spend at Havre, an arrangement which had the concurrence
of Victoire. Pecqueux had the devotion of a dog for his comrade Jacques
Lantier, who concealed his vices and shared with him a love for their
engine, "La Lison." Philomene, however, excited his jealousy by her
attentions to Lantier, and the former friendship of the two comrades
became changed to fierce enmity. At length it happened that one night,
as their engine was drawing eighteen trucks of soldiers towards the
seat of war in Prussia, Pecqueux in a sudden access of madness attacked
Lantier, and, after a fierce struggle on the narrow foot-plate, the two
fell off, and were cut in pieces beneath the wheels. La Bete Humaine.

PEIROTTE, receiver of taxes at Plassans. He was taken as a hostage by
the Republican insurgents and was inadvertently shot by the troops which
crushed the rising. La Fortune des Rougon.

PEQUEUR DES SAULAIES (M.), sub-prefect of Plassans. He fell into
disfavour with the Government on account of the election of a Legitimist
Deputy. For some time he was afraid to compromise himself with Abbe
Faujas, but having received a hint from Madame de Condamin, who had
influential friends in Paris, he allied himself with the Abbe. The
result was the election of Delangre, who though nominally independent,
was actually the Government candidat