" Au Bonheur des Dames.
FIRMAT, an old peasant of Rognes who was a neighbour of Mouche. He
became paralysed. La Terre.
FIRMAT (LA), wife of the preceding. She was well known in the village
for her knowledge of animals, and was frequently consulted when it
would otherwise have been necessary to call in a veterinary surgeon. She
worked hard to support her invalid husband, to whom she was devoted, and
wept at the thought that he was soon to die. La Terre.
G
GABET (MERE), an old woman who assisted the Huberts with their washing.
She became ill, and being in great poverty, was assisted by Angelique,
and later by Felicien. Le Reve.
GAGA, an elderly _demi-mondaine_ who had flourished in the reign of
Louis Philippe, and was still notorious in the Second Empire. She had
a daughter named Lili, who became the mistress of the Marquis Chouard.
Nana.
GAGEBOIS, glass-works at Montsou. The strike of miners led to the fires
being extinguished. Germinal.
GAGNIERE, an artist, one of the band of Claude Lantier. He belonged to
Melun, where his well-to-do parents, who were both dead, had left him
two houses; and he had learned painting, unassisted, in the forest
of Fontainebleau.
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