CRASSE (LA), i.e.  “The Dirty.”  Sobriquet of a professor at the college of Plassans, so called by the pupils as he marked by the constant rubbing of his head the back of every chair he occupied.  L’Oeuvre.

CREVECOEUR, a lace merchant in Rue Mail.  Henri Deloche left his employment, and entered Octave Mouret’s shop on the same day as Denise Baudu.  Au Bonheur des Dames.

CRON, a carter at Vendome.  He was the father of Leonie Cron.  L’Argent.

CRON (LEONIE), the girl to whom the Comte de Beauvilliers gave the document which afterwards came into the hands of Busch, and was used by him as a means of blackmailing the widow of the Comte.  L’Argent.

CUCHE, a family of fisher people who resided at Bonneville.  They were ruined by their house being washed away by the sea.  The father and mother lived extremely dissolute lives, and their son grew up little better than a savage.  Pauline Quenu made great efforts to reform him, but he refused all attempts to make him settle down.  La Joie de Vivre.

CUDORGE (MADAME), a seller of umbrellas in the Rue Neuve de la Goutte d’Or, where she was a neighbour of Gervaise Lantier.  L’Assommoir.

CUGNOT (PAULINE), daughter of a miller at Chartres who was ruined by a lawsuit.  She came to Paris, and eventually got a situation at “The Ladies’ Paradise,” where she showed much kindness to Denise Baudu, who was at first badly treated by the other employees there.  Later on she married Bauge, her lover, but was allowed to retain her situation.  Au Bonheur des Dames.

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DABADIE, chief station-master at Havre.  He was a handsome man, with the bearing of a commercial magnate engrossed in business.  Indeed, he willingly left the passenger department of the station to his assistants, in order that he might give particular attention to the enormous transit of merchandise at the docks.  It is said that he was on friendly terms with Mademoiselle Guichon, the office-keeper at the station.  La Bete Humaine.

DAGUENET (PAUL), the favoured lover of Nana.  His father who was highly esteemed by Louis Philippe, occupied a prefecture up to the time of his death.  As for himself, he had gone through three hundred thousand francs in eighteen months in the pursuit of pleasure, and was only able to keep going by small speculations on the Stock Exchange.  Attracted by the fortune of Estelle Muffat, he decided to marry her, and with the assistance of Nana obtained the consent of Count Muffat.  Become serious after marriage, Daguenet came under the influence of Theophile Venot, and was ruled with a rod of iron by his wife, who now exhibited a character entirely unsuspected before.  He now went to Mass, and was furious with his father-in-law, who was ruining the family on account of Nana.  Nana.

DAGUENET (MADAME).  See Estelle Muffat de Beuville.