He refused to speak of his former
fame, and when Claude Lantier called on him the old man seemed to be
entering into a second childhood, forgetful of his past. L'Oeuvre.
COUTARD, a soldier of infantry who belonged to the Second Division of
the First Army Corps, which was defeated at Wissembourg on 4th August,
1870. He and his companion Picot were slightly wounded, and were left
behind, not being able to rejoin their regiments for three weeks,
most of which they spent tramping the country through wet and mud,
endeavouring to overtake the vanquished army of France. La Debacle.
CRASSE (LA), i.e. "The Dirty." Sobriquet of a professor at the college
of Plassans, so called by the pupils as he marked by the constant
rubbing of his head the back of every chair he occupied. L'Oeuvre.
CREVECOEUR, a lace merchant in Rue Mail. Henri Deloche left his
employment, and entered Octave Mouret's shop on the same day as Denise
Baudu. Au Bonheur des Dames.
CRON, a carter at Vendome. He was the father of Leonie Cron. L'Argent.
CRON (LEONIE), the girl to whom the Comte de Beauvilliers gave the
document which afterwards came into the hands of Busch, and was used by
him as a means of blackmailing the widow of the Comte.
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