Captured by the
Prussians, and being a civilian, he was at once condemned to be shot,
and the sentence was carried out before the eyes of his wife, who had
come from Sedan to look for him. La Debacle.
WEISS (MADAME), wife of the preceding. See Henriette Levasseur. La
Debacle.
WORMS, a famous costumier, before whom the ladies of the Second Empire
bowed the knee. Renee Saccard was one of his customers, and when she
died owed him an account of two hundred and fifty-seven thousand francs.
La Curee.
Z
ZEPHIR, the horse ridden by Prosper Sambuc, who loved it like a brother.
The animal received a mortal wound at the battle of Sedan, and fell on
its rider, crushing under it his right leg. It lay upon him for some
hours, but eventually, on his speaking to it, moved with a great effort
sufficiently to allow him to escape. La Debacle.
ZEPHYRIN, a worker on the farm of La Borderie. He laughed at the
agricultural machinery introduced by Alexandre Hourdequin. La Terre.
ZIDORE, a youth of seventeen, who was an apprentice zinc-worker. He was
Coupeau's assistant at one time. L'Assommoir.
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