ld a small
profit, two neighbouring concessions, that of Cougny, belonging to the
Comte de Cougny, and that of Joiselle, belonging to the Cornille and
Jenard Company, nearly overwhelmed him with their competition. Happily,
on 25th August, 1760, a treaty was made between the three concessions,
uniting them into a single one known as the Montsou Mining Company.
Germinal.

DESVIGNES (ADELE), see Madame Bouchard.

DIDE (AUNT). See Adelaide Fouque.

DIEUDONNE (MADAME), wife of a small farmer at Seguiranne. She brought up
her niece Sophie, who was cured of phthisis by Doctor Pascal. Le Docteur
Pascal.

DOMERGUE was formerly Director of Roads and Bridges at Plassans. He was
the father of Madame Campardon. Pot-Bouille.

DOMERGUE (MADAME), wife of the preceding, lived a retired life at
Plassans with her husband. She introduced Octave Mouret to her daughter,
Madame Campardon, when he came to Paris. Pot-Bouille.

DOMERGUE (ROSE). See Madame Achille Campardon.

DROUARD (MADAME), an old actress at the Theatre des Varietes. She played
the part of Juno in the _Blonde Venus_. Nana.

DUBREUIL, a cousin of the Levasseurs. He was sub-manager of the sugar
refinery at Chene-Populeux at the time Weiss was employed there; then,
in 1868, he retired to a little property near Sedan which had come to
his wife as a legacy. On the evening before the battle, foreseeing the
disaster, he removed his wife and children to Bouillon, and next day the
house was completely destroyed during the struggle. La Debacle.

DUBRUEL, a pork-butcher at Plassans who took part in the attack on the
Town Hall. Three days later he was killed in the ambush arranged by
Pierre Rougon against the Republicans. La Fortune des Rougon.

DUBUCHE (ALICE), daughter of Louis Dubuche and of Regine Margaillan, his
wife. She was so delicate that at six years old she was still unable to
walk. Her father endeavoured to strengthen her muscles by occasionally
making her hold on to the bar of a trapeze for a few moments, but the
exercise only seemed to produce extreme terror in the unfortunate child.
L'Oeuvre.

DUBUCHE (GASTON), the elder child of Louis Dubuche and of Regine
Margaillan, his wife. At the age of ten he had the feeble limbs of a
little child, and though he regularly exercised on a trapeze, he was
unable to raise himself on his wrists, the least exertion producing
profuse perspiration. L'Oeuvre.

DUBUCHE (LOUIS), eldest son of a baker of Plassans, and companion fr