He was ruined by the failure of the Universal Bank.
L'Argent.
PIOT AND RIVOIRE, a firm of furniture-dealers, whose business was
seriously affected when Octave Mouret added a furniture department to
"The Ladies' Paradise." Au Bonheur des Dames.
PIQUETTE kept an _estaminet_ at Montsou, where Chaval lodged. Germinal.
PLOUGUERN (M. DE) was a member of the Chamber of Deputies during the
reign of Louis Philippe. After the Revolution of February, 1848, he
manifested a sudden affection for the Republic, and later, when the
Emperor granted him the refuge of the Senate, he was a Bonapartist. He
was a man of high birth and breeding, and though a sceptic, defended
religion and family life. During a journey in Italy he met Comtesse
Balbi, whose lover he remained for thirty years. According to some,
Clorinde Balbi was his daughter. Son Excellence Eugene Rougon.
PLUCHART, a former workman who was now secretary of a branch of the
International Association of workers. He had been Etienne Lantier's
foreman at Lille, and at his request came to Montsou to address the
miners there. As a result of his visit ten thousand miners joined the
International Association.
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