BOURRETTE (ABBE), one of the clergy of the church of Saint-Saturnin at Plassans.  He did duty as vicar during the illness of Abbe Compan, and had been led to expect the reversion of the appointment.  Pressure brought to bear on Bishop Rousselot led to the selection of Abbe Faujas, and Bourrette was put off with vague promises for the future.  He was a simple-minded, amiable man, who accepted his disappointment without murmuring, and continued on friendly terms with Faujas.  La Conquete de Plassans.

BOUTAREL, a doctor who attended Nana.  He was a handsome man, still young, who had a large practice in the demi-monde.  Always gay and laughing, he was popular with his patients, but took care not to compromise himself with any of them.  Nana.

BOUTAREL (MADAME), a lady who lived in the country and economized for months at a time, only coming to Paris occasionally.  When she came, she made straight for “The Ladies’ Paradise” and spent all her savings in an afternoon.  Au Bonheur des Dames.

BOUTELOUP (LOUIS), a workman at the Voreux pit.  He lodged with Madame Levaque, whose lover he became.  Germinal.

BOUTEROUE (HILARION), second child of Vincent Bouteroue, and grandson of Marianne Fouan (La Grande).  The latter had never forgiven the marriage of her daughter, and would do nothing to assist the two children after the death of their parents.  Hilarion, who was of weak intellect, was looked after from childhood by his sister Palmyre, who wore herself out in his service.  After Palmyre’s death his grandmother gave him shelter, but took advantage of his great strength by employing him at work of the hardest kind.  Ultimately Hilarion committed a serious assault on the old woman, and in defending herself she struck him on the head with a bill-hook, inflicting a wound from which he died.  La Terre.

BOUTEROUE (PALMYRE), sister of the preceding, worked like a slave to support her brother, and died completely worn out by toil and hardship at the age of thirty-five.  La Terre.

BOUTEROUE (VINCENT), a poor peasant, whom the daughter of the Pechards insisted on marrying despite the opposition of her mother.  They both died of want, leaving two children, Palmyre and Hilarion.  La Terre.

BOUTEROUE (MADAME VINCENT), see Mademoiselle Pechard.

BOUTHEMENT PERE, a shopkeeper at Montpellier, who sent his son to Paris to learn business.  He was disgusted to find that the simple salesman in Paris could earn three times as much as he himself could make, and he was stupefied on seeing the vast emporium in which his son served.  Au Bonheur des Dames.