king to it, moved with a great effort
sufficiently to allow him to escape. La Debacle.

ZEPHYRIN, a worker on the farm of La Borderie. He laughed at the
agricultural machinery introduced by Alexandre Hourdequin. La Terre.

ZIDORE, a youth of seventeen, who was an apprentice zinc-worker. He was
Coupeau's assistant at one time. L'Assommoir.

ZIZI, the pet name given by Nana to Georges Hugon. Nana.

ZOE, waiting-maid in the employment of Nana. She was entirely in Nana's
confidence, and was always ready with shrewd advice, though there is no
doubt she arranged matters so that a great deal of money came into her
own hands. She ultimately took over the establishment of La Tricon,
which she had long coveted, and, having large ideas, proposed to extend
the business by renting a larger house. Nana.

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PRINCIPAL SCENES

ARROMANCHES, a small town on the Normandy coast, not far from Caen. It
is about six miles from Bonneville, the scene of La Joie de Vivre.

ARTAUD (LES), a small village a few miles from Plassans (q.v.). Abbe
Mouret was its priest during the events related in La Faute de l'Abbe
Mouret.

ASSOMMOIR (Pere Colombe's) was situated at the corner of Rue des
Poissonniers and Boulevard de Rochechouart, which is a continuation of
Boulevard de Clichy, in the northern district of Paris. L'Assommoir.

AUGUSTIN (RUE NEUVE SAINT), a street which joins the Avenue de l'Opera
a short distance from the Opera House. It is intersected by Rue
Michodiere, at the corner of which is situated Octave Mouret's great
drapery establishment, known as "Au Bonheur des Dames." Au Bonheur des
Dames.

BARENTIN, a small town on the Western Railway of France, about twelve
miles from Rouen. It was at a point between Barentin and the previous
station, Malaunay, that President Grandmorin was murdered by Roubaud. La
Bete Humaine.

BAZEILLES, a village about three miles south-east of Sedan (q.v.). It
was the scene of some of the most important events in La Debacle.

BEAUCE (LA), a fertile agricultural plain stretching between Chartres
and Orleans, and intersected by the road from the latter town to
Chateaudun. The district is the scene of La Terre.

BEAUMONT, a town of about 3000 inhabitants, picturesquely situated on
a height on the left bank of the Oise about twenty-five miles north of
Paris. Its church, the scene of some of the principal events in Le Reve,
is an interesting building, dating from the thirteenth