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Goujet
Blacksmith (forgeron)
The gentle giant blacksmith of L'Assommoir — the novel's one unambiguously good man. He is silently, faithfully in love with Gervaise for years, lending her money when she needs it and expecting nothing in return. His nobility makes the surrounding degradation all the more painful.
Le doux géant forgeron de L'Assommoir — l'homme le plus honnête du roman. Secrètement amoureux de Gervaise, il lui prête de l'argent sans rien attendre.
Enormous, fair-haired, with the gentle eyes of a man whose great physical strength coexists with a child-like tenderness.
Enormous, fair-haired, with the gentle eyes of a man whose great physical strength coexists with a child-like tenderness.