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sight of her seemed, however, to waken memories in the old man, for in
an accession of madness he found strength to throw himself upon the poor
girl and strangle her. Germinal.
GREGOIRE (EUGENE), grandfather of Leon Gregoire. He inherited the share
in the Montsou mine bought by his father, but the dividends at that
time were small, and as he had foolishly invested the remainder of
the paternal fortune in a company that came to grief, he lived meanly
enough. The share passed to his son Felicien. Germinal.
GREGOIRE (FELICIEN), son of the preceding and father of Leon Gregoire.
The family fortune began with him, for the value of the share in
the Montsou mine had greatly increased, and he was able to buy the
dismembered estate of Piolaine, which he acquired as national property
for a ludicrous sum. However, bad years followed; it was necessary to
await the conclusion of the revolutionary catastrophes, and afterwards
Napoleon's bloody fall. The little fortune of Felicien Gregoire passed
to his son Leon. Germinal.
GREGOIRE (HONORE), great-grandfather of Leon Gregoire. He was in 1760
steward on the estate of Piolaine, a property which belonged to Baron
Desrumaux.
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