Repertory of the Comedie Humaine/O
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O'FLAHARTY (Major), maternal uncle of Raphael de Valentin, to whom he bequeathed ten millions upon his death in Calcutta, August, 1828. (The Magic Skin)
OIGNARD, in 1806 was chief clerk to Maitre Bordin, a Parisian lawyer. (A Start in Life)
OLGA, daughter of the Topinards, born in 1840. She was not a legitimate child, as her parents were not married at the time when Schmucke saw her with them in 1846. He loved her for the beauty of her light Teutonic hair. (Cousin Pons)
OLIVET, an Angouleme lawyer, succeeded by Petit-Claude. (Lost Illusions)
OLIVIER was in the service of the policeman, Corentin and Peyrade, when they found the Hauteserres and the Simeuses with the Cinq-Cygne family in 1803. (The Gondreville Mystery)
OLIVIER (Monsieur and Madame), first in the employ of Charles X. as outrider and laundress; had charge of three children, of whom the eldest became an under notary's clerk; were finally, under Louis Philippe, servants of the Marneffes and of Mademoiselle Fischer, to whom, through craftiness or gratitude, they devoted themselves exclusively. (Cousin Betty)
ORFANO (Duc d'), title of Marechal Cottin.
ORGEMONT (D'), wealthy and avaricious banker, proprietor at Fougeres, bought the Abbaye de Juvigny's estate. He remained neutral during the Chouan insurrection of 1799 and came into contact with Coupiau, Galope-Chopine, and Mesdames du Gua-Saint-Cyr and de Montauran. (The Chouans)
ORGEMONT (D'), brother of the preceding, a Breton priest who took the oath of allegiance. He died in 1795 and was buried in a secluded spot, discovered and preserved by M. d'Orgemont, the banker, as a place of hiding from the fury of the Vendeans. (The Chouans)
ORIGET, famous Tours physician; known to the Mortsaufs, chatelains of Clochegourde. (The Lily of the Valley)
ORSONVAL (Madame d'), frequently visited the Cruchot and Grandet families at Saumur. (Eugenie Grandet)
OSSIAN, valet in the service of Mougin, the well-known hair-dresser on the Place de la Bourse, in 1845. Ossian's duty was to show the patrons out, and in this capacity he attended Bixiou, Lora and Gazonal. (The Unconscious Humorists)
OTTOBONI, an Italian conspirator who hid in Paris. In 1831, on dining at the Giardinis on rue Froidmanteau, he became acquainted with the Gambaras. (Gambara)