s in a fury of destruction in which he twenty times risked
his life. And when the torrent had invaded the mine, imprisoning the
unfortunate workers, Souvarine went calmly away into the unknown without
a glance behind. Germinal.

SPIRIT, an English horse which ran in the Grand Prix de Paris. Nana.

SPONTINI, a master at the College of Plassans. He came originally from
Corsica, and used to show his knife, rusty with the blood of three
cousins. L'Oeuvre.

SQUELETTE-EXTERNE (LE). See Mimi-la-Mort. L'Oeuvre.

STADERINO (SIGNOR), a Venetian political refugee, and a friend of
Comtesse Balbi. Son Excellence Eugene Rougon.

STEINBERG (GOLIATH), a Prussian spy who was engaged in 1867 as a farm
servant by Fouchard at Remilly. He became the lover of Silvine Morange,
promising her marriage, but disappearing before the ceremony. It was
said that he served also on other farms in the neighbourhood of Beaumont
and Raucourt. During the war he was able to give important information
to the German forces. In trying to regain his former influence over
Silvine, he threatened to remove their child to Germany, and, to
prevent his doing so, she betrayed him to Guillaume Sambuc and the
francs-tireurs of his band, who killed him in the house of Fouchard, in
the presence of Silvine, by cutting his throat, and bleeding him in the
same manner as a pig. La Debacle.

STEINER, a banker in Paris. He was a German Jew, through whose hands had
passed millions. He spent vast sums upon Rose Mignon and Nana. Nana.

STERNICH (DUCHESSE DE), a celebrated leader of society in the Second
Empire. She dominated all her friends on the ground of a former intimacy
with the Emperor. La Curee.

STEWARD (LUCY), was the daughter of an engine-cleaner of English origin
who was employed at the Gare du Nord. She was not beautiful, but had
such a charm of manner that she was considered the smartest of the
_demi-mondaines_ in Paris. Among her lovers had been a prince of the
royal blood. She had a son, Ollivier, before whom she posed as an
actress. Nana.

STEWART (OLLIVIER), son of the preceding. He was a pupil at the naval
college, and had no suspicion of the calling of his mother. Nana.

SURIN (ABBE), secretary to the Bishop of Plassans, of whom he was a
great favourite. He was a constant visitor at the home of M. Rastoil,
with whose daughters he played battledore. La Conquete de Plassans.

SYLVIA, an actress who was admired by Maxime Saccard. La Curee.

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