La Conquete de Plassans.
PARABOULOMENOS, a name given by the pupils of the college of Plassans to
the youth who served in the kitchen. L'Oeuvre.
PARALLELUCA, the sobriquet given by the pupils of the College of
Plassans to a scullery-maid employed there. It was alleged that there
was a love-idyll between her and Paraboulomenos, both of whom were
extremely ugly. L'Oeuvre.
PASCAL (LE DOCTEUR). See Pascal Rougon.
PATOIR, a veterinary surgeon at Cloyes. La Terre.
PAUVRE ENFANT, a young trooper of the 5th regiment of the line, who was
fatally wounded at the battle of Sedan, and died in the ambulance at
Remilly. He received the name because he continually repeated the words
regarding himself, saying that his mother had always called him so.
He died in the arms of Henriette Weiss, whom in his delirium he named
"Mother." La Debacle.
PAYAN, a stone-cutter from the South, whose friends had views of making
him an artist. He was a lover of Clarisse Bocquet, and pilfered from her
a large quantity of furniture given her by Duveyrier. Pot-Bouille.
PECHARD (ANTOINE), a neighbour of the Fouans.
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