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uth-west of Paris. It is
frequently referred to in La Terre.
CROIX DE MAUFRAS (LE), a level crossing on the Western Railway of
France, between Malaunay and Barentin, about nine miles west of Rouen.
The crossing, which was looked after by Misard and his daughter Flore,
was the scene of a terrible railway accident, and it was in the same
vicinity that President Grandmorin was murdered by Roubaud. La Bete
Humaine.
EAUX (PASSAGE DES), a steep lane which runs from Rue Raynouard at Passy
down to the Seine. In an old house which abutted on the passage lived
Mere Fetu, and in the same building was the room where Helene Grandjean
went to meet Doctor Deberle. Une Pate d'Amour.
GOUTTE D'OR (RUE DE LA), a street in the Montmartre district of Paris.
It enters from Rue des Poissonniers and runs parallel to and behind
Boulevard de la Chapelle, which is a continuation of Boulevard de
Clichy. The Coupeaus and the Lorilleux lived in Rue de la Goutte d'Or.
L'Assommoir.
HALLES CENTRALES (LES), the great provision markets of Paris, are
situated on the right bank of the river, and are directly north of the
Pont Neuf, from which they are not far distant. Le Ventre de Paris.
HAUSSMANN (BOULEVARD) runs from east to west a short distance behind the
Opera House. Its eastern end connects with the Boulevard des Italiens.
Nana.
HAVRE (LE), an important seaport, which forms the terminus of the
Western Railway of France, the line upon which Jacques Lantier was
employed as an engine-driver. The Roubauds lived at Le Havre, and many
of the principal scenes in La Bete Humaine were enacted there. La Bete
Humaine.
LAZARE (RUE SAINT-), is in the neighbourhood of the railway station of
the same name. In it was situated the Orviedo mansion, in which Aristide
Saccard started the Universal Bank. L'Argent.
LILLE, an important manufacturing town in the north of France, near
the Belgian frontier. Etienne Lantier was at one time employed in the
railway workshop there. Germinal.
MALAUNAY, a station on the Western Railway of France, six miles from
Rouen, and about midway between that town and Barentin. It is referred
to in La Bete Humaine.
MARBEUF (RUE), a street which connects the Avenue des Champs Elysees and
the Avenue de l'Alma. Eugene Rougon lived there. Son Excellence Eugene
Rougon.
MARCHIENNES, a town in the mining district of the north of France,
about thirty miles south-east of Lille. It is frequently referred to in
Germinal.
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