Germinal.
DESLIGNIERES, a toy-seller in Rue Saint-Roch. Au Bonheur des Dames.
DESMARQUAY, a money-changer in Rue Saint-Lazare. Trublot was employed in
his office. Pot-Bouille.
DESROCHES, a notary at Chene-Populeux. His house there was requisitioned
for the Emperor on 27th August, 1870, during the march of the army of
MacMahon. La Debacle.
DESROCHES (MADAME), mother of the preceding. Their house adjoined the
early home of Maurice Levasseur, and she had been good to him when he
was a child. When the house was requisitioned for the Emperor, she had
to give up her room to him and take refuge in the garret. La Debacle.
DESRUMAUX (BARON), one of the founders of the coal industry in the north
of France. For forty years he struggled without yielding, in the midst
of continual obstacles, and when at last his pits began to yield a small
profit, two neighbouring concessions, that of Cougny, belonging to the
Comte de Cougny, and that of Joiselle, belonging to the Cornille and
Jenard Company, nearly overwhelmed him with their competition. Happily,
on 25th August, 1760, a treaty was made between the three concessions,
uniting them into a single one known as the Montsou Mining Company.
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