Germinal.
BRUNET (LES), a bourgeois family in the new quarter of Plassans, of whom
Madame Felicite Rougon was jealous. La Fortune des Rougon.
BUDIN (LES), peasants of Rognes, whose daughter was said to have been
cured of a fever by Sourdeau, who cut a live pigeon in two, and applied
the halves to her head. La Terre.
BUQUIN-LECOMTE, a deputy at the Corps Legislatif. He desired leave of
absence. Son Excellence Eugene Rougon.
BURGAT, a blacksmith, one of the band of insurgents which entered
Plassans in December, 1851. La Fortune des Rougon.
BURNE, an English jockey who rode a horse called Spirit in the Grand
Prix de Paris. Nana.
BUSCH, a man of German origin who came to Paris, and engaged in business
of a shady character on the fringe of the Bourse. "In addition to usury
and a secret traffic in jewels and precious stones, he particularly
occupied himself with the purchase of 'bad debts.'" In pursuit of
creditors he was unsparing, and his methods were not infrequently of the
nature of blackmail. Jordon, Madame de Beauvilliers, and Saccard himself
fell into his power, though Saccard refused to submit to extortion.
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