Nana.
JORDAN (PAUL), a journalist, whose father, a Marseilles banker, had
committed suicide in consequence of some disastrous speculations. He
married a daughter of M. Maugendre, to whom he had been betrothed in
more prosperous days. His wife brought him no dowry, as her parents were
against the marriage on the ground of Jordan's occupation and want
of means. Having made the acquaintance of Saccard, he received an
appointment on the staff of the newspaper purchased to support the
policy of the Universal Bank. He did not speculate, however, and
remained in comparative poverty, until the success of a novel which he
had written put him in more comfortable circumstances, and even enabled
him to give assistance to his wife's parents after they were ruined by
the failure of the bank. L'Argent.
JORDAN (MADAME MARCELLE), wife of the preceding. She was the only child
of M. Maugendre, who was ruined by the failure of the Universal Bank.
L'Argent.
JORY (EDOUARD), was the son of a magistrate of Plassans, whom he drove
crazy by his profligate conduct. In the end he ran off with a music-hall
singer under the pretext of going to Paris to follow the literary
profession.
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