CHARGEBOEUF (De), secretary of attorney-general Granville at Paris in 1830; then a young man.  Entrusted by the magistrate with the details of Lucien de Rubempre’s funeral, which was carried through in such a way as to make one believe that he had died a free man and in his own home, on quai Malaquais. [Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life.]

CHARGEGRAIN (Louis), inn-keeper of Littray, Normandy.  He had dealings with the brigands and was arrested in the suit of the Chauffeurs of Mortagne, in 1809, but acquitted. [The Seamy Side of History.]

CHARLES, first name of a rather indifferent young painter, who in 1819 boarded at the Vauquer pension.  A tutor at college and a Museum attache; very jocular; given to personal witticisms, which were often aimed at Goriot. [Father Goriot.]

CHARLES, a young prig who was killed in a duel of small arms with Raphael de Valentin at Aix, Savoy, in 1831.  Charles had boasted of having received the title of “Bachelor of shooting” from Lepage at Paris, and that of doctor from Lozes the “King of foils.” [The Magic Skin.]

CHARLES, valet de chambre of M. d’Aiglemont at Paris in 1823.  The marquis complained of his servant’s carelessness. [A Woman of Thirty.]

CHARLES, footman to Comte de Montcornet at Aigues, Burgundy, in 1823.  Through no good motive he paid court to Catherine Tonsard, being encouraged in his gallantries by Fourchon the girl’s maternal grandfather, who desired to have a spy in the chateau.  In the peasants’ struggle against the people of Aigues, Charles usually sided with the peasants:  “Sprung from the people, their livery remained upon him.” [The Peasantry.]

CHARLOTTE, a great lady, a duchess, and a widow without children.  She was loved by Marsay then only sixteen and some six years younger than she.  She deceived him and he resented by procuring her a rival.  She died young of consumption.  Her husband was a statesman. [Another Study of Woman.]

CHARLOTTE (Madame), name assumed by Mme. Chardon, in 1821 at Angouleme, when obliged to make a living as a nurse. [Lost Illusions.]

CHATELET (Sixte, Baron du), born in 1776 as plain Sixte Chatelet.  About 1806 he qualified for and later was made baron under the Empire.  His career began with a secretaryship to an Imperial princess.  Later he entered the diplomatic corps, and finally, under the Restoration, M. de Barante selected him for director of the indirect taxes at Angouleme.  Here he met and married Mme. de Bargeton when she became a widow in 1821.  He was the prefect of the Charente. [Lost Illusions.  A Distinguished Provincial at Paris.] In 1824 he was count and deputy. [Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life.] Chatelet accompanied General Marquis Armand de Montriveau in a perilous and famous excursion into Egypt. [The Thirteen.]