On going to the prefect, however, she learned that he had all
along known of Florent's presence in Paris, and of the meetings, and
was only waiting a favourable opportunity of arresting the plotters.
She concealed the impending arrest from her husband and from Florent.
Notwithstanding her action in this matter, Lisa was not an ill-natured
or callous woman. She was only determined that nothing should come
between her and a life of ease. In her there was much of her father's
nature, though she did not know it. She was merely a steady, sensible
Macquart with a logical desire for comfort, and to procuring this she
gave all her time and thought. Le Ventre de Paris.
She died in 1863 from decomposition of the blood. La Joie de Vivre.
MACQUART (URSULE), born 1791, daughter of Macquart and Adelaide Fouque;
married in 1810 a hatter named Mouret and went to live at Marseilles.
She died of consumption in 1840, leaving three children. La Fortune des
Rougon.
MACQUERON, a grocer and tavern-keeper at Rognes. He was a municipal
councillor, and deputy Mayor. He made some money by speculating in
wines, and had since become incorrigibly lazy, spending his time in
fishing and shooting.
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