Pot-Bouille.
PICHON (MARIE), wife of the preceding. She was a daughter of M.
and Madame Vuillaume, by whom she was strictly brought up. A dreamy
unpractical woman, she fell under the influence of Octave Mouret,
her next-door neighbour, and a liaison existed between them for a
considerable time, with results which caused much annoyance to her
parents. Pot-Bouille.
PICHON (LILITTE), infant daughter of the preceding. Pot-Bouille.
PICHON (ROSALIE), Madame Helene Grandjean's maid-servant. She was an
honest country girl who had been brought to Paris by Abbe Jouve on the
recommendation of a village priest, in whose house she had been brought
up. She served her mistress faithfully, and ruled Zephyrin Lacour, her
sweetheart, with a hand of iron. Une Page d'Amour.
PICOT, a soldier of infantry who belonged to the first division of the
seventh Army Corps. After the defeats of Wissenbourg and Froeschwiller,
Picot, half dead with fatigue and slightly wounded, was left behind in
a ditch with his comrade Coutard of the first corps. They were only able
to rejoin the army at Rheims on 22nd August, 1870, arriving with their
clothes worn out and covered with mud, and having more the appearance of
bandits than of soldiers.
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