CHOUTEAU, a soldier in the 106th regiment of the line, commanded by Colonel de Vineuil.  He belonged to the squad of Corporal Jean Macquart.  Originally a housepainter of Montmartre, his time was almost expired when the outbreak of war prevented his leaving the army.  A revolutionary in his ideas, he was the leader in every breach of discipline among his companions, suggesting to them that they should throw away their knapsacks and guns; on the plateau of Floing, in front of the enemy, he declared that as he had not eaten he would not fight.  Sergeant Sapin having been severely wounded, Chouteau offered, along with Loubet, to remove him to the ambulance, and the two men disappeared from the battlefield.  After the defeat of the French Army he was made prisoner at Iges, where he continued to advise his companions in committing all kinds of excesses, going the length of handing a knife to Lapoulle in order that he might kill Pache, who had hidden some provisions from him.  Along with Loubet he made an attempt to escape from the Germans, and in this he attained success by treacherously sacrificing his comrade.  During the Commune he took an active part in the excesses which were then committed; but during the sanguinary repression which followed he was seen in the blouse of an honest workman applauding the massacre which ensued.  La Debacle.

CHRISTINE.  See Christine Hallegrain.

CHUCHU (MADEMOISELLE), an actress at the Varietes.  A liaison between her and Flory led to the ruin of the latter on the Stock Exchange.  L’Argent.

CLARISSE, waiting-maid in the service of Baroness Sandorff.  She betrayed to Delcambre the confidences of her mistress.  L’Argent.

CLEMENCE, a clerk at the fish auction.  She attended the meetings in Lebigre’s wine-shop along with Charvet, with whom she lived.  Le Ventre de Paris.

CLEMENCE (MADEMOISELLE), occupied a room in the same tenement-house as the Coupeaus and Lorilleux, where she took in ironing, as well as added to her income by less reputable means.  When Gervaise Coupeau’s laundry was at the height of its success Clemence got regular employment there, but when business began to go she had to leave.  L’Assommoir.

CLEMENCE, lady’s maid to Madame Duveyrier.  Pot-Bouille.

CLORINDE.  See Clorinde Balbi.

CLOU, Municipal Councillor at Rognes.  He played the trombone at choral services in church.  La Terre.

COEUR (GERMAINE), a demi-mondaine who was on intimate terms with many members of the Paris Bourse.  L’Argent.

COGNET, a roadman at Rognes.  He was an old drunkard, who beat his daughter unmercifully.  La Terre.