It was he who showed H.R.H. The Prince
of Scots the honours of "behind the scenes." Nana.
BORGNE-DE-JOUY, one of the band of brigands which was led by
Beau-Francois. He betrayed his companions. La Terre.
BOSC, an old actor at the Theatre des Varietes, where he played the
part of Jupiter in the _Blonde Venus_, and the Duc de Beaurivage in
the _Petite Duchesse_. He had a good-natured but somewhat drunken
appearance. He treated women with disdain, and the idea that any man
should trouble himself about them raised in him the only indignation of
which he was capable. Nana.
BOUCHARD (M.), head-clerk in the office of the Minister of Interior.
His house was the first thrown open to Eugene Rougon on his arrival
in Paris. Later on, Bouchard inherited his father's property, and at
fifty-four years of age married Adele Desvignes. He was appointed head
of a department after Rougon's return to office. Son Excellence Eugene
Rougon.
BOUCHARD (MADAME), wife of the preceding, was the daughter of a
respectable family at Rambouillet. M. Bouchard "had been anxious to
marry a young lady from the provinces, because he made a point of having
a steady wife.
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