ns between the Roubauds were
becoming more and more strained, and Severine became entirely enamoured
of Jacques Lantier. In order to free herself from her husband, she
persuaded Lantier to murder Roubaud and fly with her to America. The
arrangements were completed when Lantier was seized with one of the
homicidal frenzies to which he was subject, and it was Severine herself
who fell under his knife instead of their intended victim. La Bete
Humaine.

AUGUSTE, keeper of an eating-house known as _Le Moulin d'Argent_ on
Boulevard de la Chapelle. The wedding party of Coupeau and Gervaise was
given there. L'Assommoir.

AUGUSTE, a waiter at the Cafe des Varietes. Nana.

AUGUSTE, a young swine-herd at La Borderie. He assisted Soulas, the old
shepherd, to look after the sheep. La Terre.

AUGUSTINE, a young girl who assisted Gervaise Coupeau in her laundry.
She was squint-eyed and mischievous, and was always making trouble with
the other employees. As she was the least qualified and therefore the
worst-paid assistant in the laundry, she was kept on after decreasing
business caused the others to leave. L'Assommoir.

AUGUSTINE, an artificial-flower maker who was employed by Madame
Titreville. L'Assommoir.

AURELIE (MADEMOISELLE), an elderly friend of Madame Deberle, at whose
house she was a frequent visitor. She was in straitened circumstances.
Une Page d'Amour.

AURELIE (MADAME). See Madame Aurelie Lhomme. Au Bonheur des Dames.

AURIGNY (LAURE D'), a celebrated _demi-mondaine_ of the Second Empire.
At a sale of her effects, Aristide Saccard bought a diamond necklace and
aigrette for his second wife. La Curee.

B

BABET, one of the peasant girls of Les Artaud, who came to decorate the
church for the festival of the Virgin. She was a hunchback. La Faute de
l'Abbe Mouret.

BACHELARD (PERE), brother of Narcisse Bachelard and uncle of Madame
Josserand. He conducted for forty years a boarding-school known as the
Institution-Bachelard. Pot-Bouille.

BACHELARD (ELEONORE). See Madame Josserand. Pot-Bouille.

BACHELARD (NARCISSE), a commission agent, whose keen business instincts
were not blunted by his intemperate habits. He was a brother of Madame
Josserand, and had at one time promised to give a dowry to her daughter
Berthe; this promise he was unwilling to implement, and when spoken to
on the subject usually feigned intoxication; eventually he suggested
the somewhat dishonest plan by which Berthe's intended husban