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 power of Jacqueline Collin. (Scenes from a Courtesan's Life)

PALMA, Parisian banker of the Poissoniere suburbs; had, during the regime of the Restoration and of July, great fame as a financier. He was "private counsel for the Keller establishment." Birotteau, the perfumer, at the time of his financial troubles, vainly asked him for help. (The Firm of Nucingen, Cesar Birotteau) With Werbrust as a partner he dealt in discounts as shrewdly as did Gobseck and Bidault, and thus was in a position to help Lucien de Rubempre. (Gobseck, Lost Illusions, A Distinguished Provincial at Paris) He was also M. Werbrust's associate in the muslin, calico and oil-cloth establishment at No. 5 rue du Sentier, when Maximilien was so friendly with the Fontaines. (The Ball at Sceaux)

PAMIERS (Vidame de), "oracle of Faubourg Saint-Germain at the time of the Restoration," a member of the family council dealing with Antoinette de Langeais, who was accused of compromising herself with Montriveau. Past-commander of the Order of Malta, prominent in both the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, old and confidential friend of the Baronne de Maulincour. Pamiers reared the young Baron Auguste de Maulincour, defending him with all his power against Bourignard's hatred. (The Thirteen) As a former intimate friend of the Marquis d'Esgrignon, the vidame introduced the Vicomte d'Esgrignon&mdash;Victurnien&mdash;to Diane de Maufrigneuse. An intimate friendship between the young man and the future Princess de Cadignan was the result. (Jealousies of a Country Town)

PANNIER, merchant and banker after 1794; treasurer of the "brigands"; connected with the uprising of the Chauffeurs of Mortagne in 1809. Having been condemned to twenty years of hard labor, Pannier was branded and placed in the galleys. Appointed lieutenant-general under Louis XVIII., he governed a royal castle. He died without children. (The Seamy Side of History)