tsou. He gave credit for some time during the
strike, in the hope of recovering some of his business taken away by
Maigrat. Germinal.

SMITHSON (MISS), Lucien Deberle's English governess. Une Page d'Amour.

SONNEVILLE, a manufacturer at Marchiennes. His business was seriously
affected by the strike of miners at Montsou. Germinal.

SOPHIE, a workwoman employed at Madame Titreville's artificial
flower-making establishment. L'Assommoir.

SOPHIE, an old waiting-maid in the service of the Duchesse de
Combeville, whose daughter, Princess d'Orviedo, she brought up. When
the Princess shut herself up from the world, Sophie remained with her.
L'Argent.

SOPHIE, daughter of Guiraude. Predestined to phthisis by heredity, she
was saved, thanks to Dr. Pascal Rougon, who sent her to live with an
aunt in the country, where she was brought up in the open air. When she
was seventeen years old she married a young miller in the neighbourhood.
Le Docteur Pascal.

SOULAS, an old shepherd at La Borderie, where he had been for half a
century. At sixty-five he had saved nothing, having been eaten up by a
drunken wife, "whom at last he had the pleasure of burying." He had few
friends, except his two dogs, Emperor and Massacre, and he especially
hated Jacqueline Cognet with the jealous disgust of an old servant at
her rapid advancement. He was aware of her numerous liaisons, but said
nothing until she brought about his dismissal, when he told everything
to his master, Alexandre Hourdequin. La Terre.

SOURDEAU, a bone-setter at Bazoches-le-Doyen, who was supposed to be
equally good for wounds. La Terre.

SOUVARINE, an engine-man at the Voreux pit, who lodged with the
Rasteneurs. He was a Russian of noble family, who had at first studied
medicine, until, carried away by social enthusiasm, he learned a trade
in order that he might mix with the people. It was by this trade that he
now lived, after having fled in consequence of an unsuccessful attempt
against the Czar's life, an attempt which resulted in his mistress,
Annouchka, and many of his friends, being hanged. His principles were
those of the most violent anarchy, and he would have nothing to do with
the strike at Montsou, which he considered a merely childish affair.
Disgusted at the return of the miners to their work, he resolved to
bring about the destruction of the Voreux pit, by weakening the timbers
which kept out a vast accumulation of water. He accomplished that work
of madnes