when he died it was found
that his whole fortune had been dissipated, even his house being heavily
mortgaged. Pot-Bouille.

VABRE (AUGUSTE), eldest son of M. Vabre, carried on a silk merchant's
business in part of the premises which belonged to his father. He
married Berthe Josserand, but as he suffered much from neuralgia, and
was, in addition, of a niggardly disposition, the marriage was not a
happy one. An intrigue between Madame Vabre and Octave Mouret followed,
and on its discovery she returned to her parents. For a considerable
time Vabre refused to forgive his wife, but a reconciliation was
ultimately brought about through the intervention of Abbe Mauduit.
Vabre's fortunes were adversely affected by the extension of Madame
Hedouin's business, known as "The Ladies' Paradise." Pot-Bouille.

The rapid success of Octave Mouret's business led to the ruin of Vabre,
a result to which the extravagance of his wife also contributed. Au
Bonheur des Dames.

VABRE (MADAME AUGUSTE), wife of the preceding. See Berthe Josserand.
Pot-Bouille.

VABRE (CAMILLE), son of Theophile Vabre and his wife Valerie Louhette.
Pot-Bouille.

VABRE (CLOTILDE), daughter of Vabre the notary, and wife of Duveyrier.
She did not get on well with her husband, whom she hated, and her only
passion was for music, which she practised to an inordinate extent.
Pot-Bouille.

VABRE (THEOPHILE), second son of M. Vabre, "a little old man of
twenty-eight, a victim to coughs and toothache, who first tried
all sorts of trades and then married the daughter of a neighbouring
haberdasher." His life was shadowed by suspicions of his wife, with whom
he constantly quarrelled. He was with difficulty prevented from making
a scene at the marriage of his brother Auguste to Berthe Josserand.
Pot-Bouille.

VABRE (MADAME VALERIE), wife of the preceding, nee Louhette, was the
daughter of a wealthy haberdasher. She did not get on well with her
husband, who accused her, not entirely without reason, of carrying on a
liaison with some one whose name he was unable to discover. Pot-Bouille.

VADON (MARGUERITE), daughter of a linen-draper at Grenoble, found it
desirable to come to Paris for a time, and got a situation at "The
Ladies' Paradise." She as a well-conducted girl, and ultimately returned
to Grenoble to take charge of her parents' shop, and marry a cousin who
was waiting for her. Au Bonheur des Dames.

VALENCAY (BARON DE), aide-de-camp to the Emperor. He married