Through his relations with the world of trainers
and jockeys he had always the latest information as to races. He made
himself very useful to Nana when she was setting up a stable of her own,
and assisted her in the selection of servants. Nana.
LACAILLE, a customer of Madame Francois, the market gardener. He
attended the Revolutionary meetings in Lebrigre's cafe. Le Ventre de
Paris.
LACAMP. See Puech and Lacamp.
LACASSAGNE, a dealer in feathers and artificial flowers, whose business
was ruined by the competition of Octave Mouret's establishment. Au
Bonheur des Dames.
LACHESNAYE (DE), judge at the Rouen Court of appeal, was the husband
of Berthe Grandmorin, whom he somewhat resembled in character. He was a
little man, dry and yellow, who had been a judge at the Court of
Appeal from the age of thirty-six; he had been decorated, thanks to the
influence of his father-in-law, and to the services which his father had
rendered on the High Commissions at the time of the _Coup d'Etat_. He
was disliked by Denizet, the examining magistrate, in whose eyes he
represented the class of judicial functionary who attained position
by wealth and influence.
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