She was married to a captain, and after she became a widow lived
at Avignon on a small income, contenting herself with little in order
that she might properly educate her son Paul. Germinal.
NEGREL (PAUL), son of the preceding. He was an engineer at the Voreux
pit, an appointment which he received from his uncle, M. Hennebeau, with
whom he lived, being treated as one of the family. Madame Hennebeau,
notwithstanding a liaison which subsisted between her and Negrel,
planned for him a marriage with Cecile Gregoire, an arrangement which
was only prevented by the murder of the girl by old Bonnemort. Negrel
posed as taking no interest in the affairs of practical life, but in the
terrible disaster at the Voreux pit he threw himself into the work of
rescue with an ardour beyond praise. Germinal.
NOEMI, an actress at the Vaudeville. Madame Deberle admired the
realistic manner in which she died in a piece she played. Une Page
d'Amour.
NORINE, a vendor of salted provisions, who went around the neighbourhood
of Cloyes. La Terre.
NORMANDE (LA), the sobriquet of Louise Mehudin. Le Ventre de Paris.
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