She tacitly accepted the liaison between her husband and Gasparine, her
cousin, whom she ultimately asked to live with the family and manage the
household affairs. Pot-Bouille.
CAMPARDON (ANGELE), daughter of the preceding. She was brought up at
home by her parents, in order that she might remain ignorant of
the realities of life, but intercourse with the servants in a large
tenement-house early developed her unnatural precocity. Pot-Bouille.
CAMPENON, an incapable person to whom M. de Marsy gave a post as
prefect, which Eugene Rougon had promised to Du Poizat. Son Excellence
Eugene Rougon.
CAMY-LAMOTTE, secretary to the Minister of Justice, an office of great
influence. It was his duty to prepare the list of promotions, and he was
in constant communication with the Tuileries. He was a handsome man, who
started his career as a substitute; but through his connections and his
wife he had been elected deputy and made grand officer of the Legion of
Honour. In examining the papers of President Grandmorin, he discovered
the identity of the murderers, but knowing the probability of serious
scandal arising in the event of public inquiry, he said nothing, and
later, struck by the courage and charm of Severine Roubaud, who threw
herself on his protection, he gave instructions that all proceedings
were to be stopped.
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