Other branch
Chaval
Coal miner
Catherine Maheu's bullying, possessive partner in Germinal. He seduced her when she was fifteen and has dominated her through intimidation ever since. Vain, violent, and cowardly at root, he is Étienne's great rival — for Catherine's love and for the miners' political allegiance. He dies in the flooded mine, killed by Étienne.
Compagnon brutal de Catherine dans Germinal. Dominant Catherine depuis ses quinze ans, il est le rival d'Étienne et meurt dans la mine inondée.
Tall, dark, with an arrogant swagger and the sort of coarse handsomeness that intimidates the timid.
Tall, dark, with an arrogant swagger and the sort of coarse handsomeness that intimidates the timid.