HAZARD, a horse in the Mechain stable.  It ran in the Grand Prix de
Paris.  Nana.

HEDOUIN (CHARLES), originally a salesman in the draper’s shop known as Au Bonheur des Dames, he became a partner by marrying Caroline Deleuze, a daughter of one of the proprietors.  He fell into ill-health, but when he died the business was left in a flourishing condition.  Pot-Bouille.

HEDOUIN (MADAME CAROLINE), wife of M. Hedouin, the proprietor of a draper’s shop in Paris known as “The Ladies’ Paradise.”  She was a handsome woman with strong commercial capabilities, and during the frequent absences of her husband she undertook the management of the business.  When Octave Mouret came to Paris, he first got employment at “The Ladies’ Paradise,” and with a view to establishing his position he conceived the idea of becoming Madame Hedouin’s lover.  She discouraged his advances, however, and he gave up his situation.  M. Hedouin died soon afterwards, and his widow, finding the responsibilities of business too heavy, invited Octave Mouret to return; a few months afterwards they were married.  Pot-Bouille.

After her marriage with Octave Mouret the business extended rapidly, and an enlargement of the shop soon became necessary.  While the work was in progress she met with an accident which resulted in her death three days later.  Au Bonheur des Dames.

HELENE (DUCHESSE), the principal character in La Petite Duchesse, a piece by Fauchery played at the Theatre des Varietes.  The part was originally given to Rose Mignon, but was played by Nana, who was a complete failure in it.  Nana.

HELOISE, an actress at the Folies.  She was plain-looking, but very amusing.  Au Bonheur des Dames.

HENNEBEAU, general manager of the Montsou Mining Company, was born in the Ardennes.  In his early life he had undergone the hardships of a poor boy thrown as an orphan on the Paris streets.  After having followed the courses of the Ecole des Mines, at the age of twenty-four he became engineer to the Sainte-Barbe mine, and three years later he became divisional engineer in the Pas-de-Calais, at the Marles mines.  When there he married the daughter of the rich owner of a spinning factory at Arras.  For fifteen years they lived in the same small provincial town, and no event broke the monotony of existence, not even the birth of a child.  An increasing irritation detached Madame Hennebeau, who was disdainful of this husband who gained a small salary with such difficulty.  The misunderstandings between them became more pronounced, but with the view of pleasing his wife Hennebeau accepted a situation in an office in Paris.  But Paris only completed their separation, for she immediately threw herself into all the luxurious follies of the period.  During the ten years spent there she carried on an open intrigue with a man whose desertion nearly killed her.  It was then that her husband accepted the management of the Montsou mines, still hoping that