Philippe was
arrested, and when he was released from prison some months afterwards,
dishonoured for ever, he was only in time to join his mother at the
death-bed of her other son, who was also a victim to Nana's unhappy
influence. Nana.
HUGUENIN, held a sinecure worth six thousand francs at the Ministry of
the Interior. When he died Eugene Rougon, the Minister, gave the post to
Leon Bejuin. Son Excellence Eugene Rougon.
HUPEL DE LA NOUE (M.), _prefet_ of the district for which M. Mareuil was
member. He arranged the _tableaux vivants_ at the great party given by
Aristide Saccard. La Curee.
HURET, a member of the Chamber of Deputies who obtained his election
through the influence of Eugene Rougon. His very existence depended on
the favour of the Minister of State, towards whom he conducted himself
as a sort of general servant. "By following this calling for a couple
of years he had, thanks to bribes and pickings, prudently realized, been
able to increase his estates." Having ascertained that Rougon would not
oppose the foundation of the Universal Bank, Huret became a director;
later on, when the shares had risen to their highest point, he sold out
in the knowledge that Rougon had decided to abandon his brother and that
a catastrophe would be inevitable.
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