MAMAN NINI, the pet name given by Angelique to Francois Hamelin.  Le Reve.

MANGUELIN (MADAME), a young, retiring woman, who was to some extent dependent on the bounty of Madame Deberle.  Une Page d’Amour.

MANOURY, a salesman at the Central Markets in Paris.  He was the employer of Logre and Clemence.  Le Ventre de Paris.

MARCEL, a vegetable-dealer at the Paris Halles Centrales.  Le Ventre de Paris.

MARDIENNE FRERES, manufacturers of church ornaments in Rue Saint-Sulpice.  Mademoiselle Menu worked in their establishment.  Pot-Bouille.

MARECHAL, a bookmaker who had formerly been coachman to Comte de Vandeuvres.  As the result of a racing swindle by Vandeuvres, Marechal lost a large sum over a filly named Nana, and, his suspicions having been aroused, he caused such a scandal that the Comte was disqualified by the racing committee.  Nana.

MARESCOT (M.), a cutler in the Rue de la Paix, who had once turned a grindstone in the streets and was now said to be worth several millions.  He was a man of fifty-five, large, bony, with the huge hands of an old workman; one of his delights was to carry off the knives and scissors of his tenants, which he sharpened himself for his own amusement.  He owned the large tenement-house on the Rue Goutte d’Or, in which resided the Coupeaus, Lorilleux, and others, and though a fair landlord, would brook no delay in payment of rent, turning out defaulters without mercy.  L’Assommoir.

MAREUIL (M.  DE), a retired sugar-refiner of Havre whose real name was Bonnet.  After amassing a large fortune, he married a young girl of good birth, whose name he assumed.  He was ambitious and hoped to become a member of the Corps Legislatif through the influence of his friend Saccard, whose brother Eugene Rougon was a Minister of State.  To secure this he agreed to a marriage between his daughter and Maxime Saccard.  He was a man of solemn and imposing appearance, but was absolutely without brains.  La Curee.

MAREUIL (MADAME HELENE DE), wife of the preceding.  She came of a noble and wealthy family, but lived such a fast life that she died young, worn out by pleasure.  La Curee.

MAREUIL (LOUISE DE), daughter of a retired sugar-refiner of Havre.  Slightly deformed and plain-looking, but with fascinating manners, she married Maxime Saccard, to whom she brought a large dowry.  Six months afterwards she died of consumption in Italy.  La Curee.

MAREUIL (COMTESSE), employed Clara Prunaire in her house to attend to the mending of linen.  Au Bonheur des Dames.