Subsequently he was arrested
and imprisoned for embezzling a large sum from Mazaud, his employer.
L'Argent.
FONTAN (ACHILLE), an actor at the Theatre des Varietes who played parts
in _La Blonde Venus_ and _La Petite Duchesse_. He became for a time the
lover of Nana, but treated her so abominably that she left him. Nana.
FONTENAILLES (MLLE. DE), was descended from an aristocratic family, but
was in great poverty when a situation was found for her in "The
Ladies' Paradise" through the influence of Madame Desforges. She proved
incapable of anything but the most menial work, and ultimately married
Joseph, one of the porters in the establishment. Au Bonheur des Dames.
FOUAN, alias BUTEAU. See Buteau.
FOUAN (FANNY). See Madame Delhomme.
FOUAN (HYACINTHE), the elder son of Pere Fouan and Rose Maliverne, his
wife. He was an idler and drunkard, who, when he had left the army,
after having seen service in Africa, had taken to tramp the fields,
refusing to do any regular work, but living by theft and poaching, as
though he were still looting a trembling nation of Bedouins. Withal
there looked out of his fine, sunken eyes a merriment that was not
altogether evil, the open heart of good-humoured drunkenness.
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