JUSSELIN (PIERRE-FRANCOIS), a protege of M. de Marsy.  Eugene Rougon refused to nominate him as an officer of the Legion of Honour, and gave the decoration which had been intended for him to Bejuin.  Son Excellence Eugene Rougon.

JEZEUR (MADAME), a neighbour of the Josserands in the Rue de Choiseul.  Her husband had left her after ten days of married life, and thenceforth she lived alone in quiet lodgings.  Very little was known of her circumstances or mode of life.  Pot-Bouille.

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KAHN (M.), son of a Jewish banker at Bordeaux; a deputy who was engaged in a scheme for the construction of a railway from Niort to Angers.  He was chiefly anxious for this, as the proposed line would pass through Bressure, where he had some blast-furnaces, the value of which it would considerably increase.  Rougon supported him energetically, and had almost secured the grant when his retirement from office delayed the scheme for some years.  Soon after Rougon’s appointment as Minister of the Interior the grant was obtained, and he accompanied Kahn to Niort to attend the inauguration of the scheme.  Son Excellence Eugene Rougon.

KAHN (MADAME), wife of the preceding.  She lived a very retired life at Paris.  Son Excellence Eugene Rougon.

KELLER (LES), well-known leaders of society in Paris.  It was at their house that Baroness Sandorff first met Gundermann.  L’Argent.

KOLB (M.), a banker whose business consisted to a large extent in gold arbitrage, buying foreign coins, and melting them into gold bars.  He was a man of Jewish origin, and having heard that Daigremont was to be connected with the Universal Bank, he readily agreed to become a director.  Being a cautious man, however, he sold all his shares before the final collapse.  L’Argent.

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LABORDETTE, a young man who was well known in racing circles, and was specially popular with women, as he was always ready to render them little services.  Through his relations with the world of trainers and jockeys he had always the latest information as to races.  He made himself very useful to Nana when she was setting up a stable of her own, and assisted her in the selection of servants.  Nana.

LACAILLE, a customer of Madame Francois, the market gardener.  He attended the Revolutionary meetings in Lebrigre’s cafe.  Le Ventre de Paris.

LACAMP.  See Puech and Lacamp.

LACASSAGNE, a dealer in feathers and artificial flowers, whose business was ruined by the competition of Octave Mouret’s establishment.  Au Bonheur des Dames.