His father had been a witness of the crime, and
as his silence was essential, he too was cruelly done to death. After
these terrible events Buteau was able to sleep calmly, for the land, his
overwhelming passion in life, was his beyond possibility of dispute. La
Terre.
BUTEAU (MADAME), wife of the preceding. See Lise Mouche. La Terre.
BUTEAU (JULES), the eldest child of the preceding, who were not married
till three years after his birth. At nine years old he was the sole
friend of old Fouan, but he soon came to neglect the old man. La Terre.
BUTEAU (LAURE), the second child of the Buteaus. At four years old
she had already the hard eyes of her family, and was hostile to her
grandfather, old Fouan. By jealousy she detached from him her brother
Jules. La Terre.
C
CABASSE, a franc-tireur of the woods of Dieulet. He was the favourite
companion of Ducat, and along with Guillaume Sambuc formed part of the
band which so greatly embarrassed the Prussians in the neighbourhood of
Sedan. He took part in the execution of Goliath Steinberg, the German
spy. La Debacle.
CABIN (MADAME), the woman who looked after the bedrooms occupied by the
saleswomen in "The Ladies' Paradise.
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