The rich satin manteau de cour fell from her shoulders. The mantua or "manteau" was a new fashion that arose in the 1680s. The mantua or "manteau" was a new fashion that arose in the 1670s. From 1964 to 1976 Brouwers worked as an editor at Manteau publishers in Brussels. In a makeshift costume, Nelson Jent helps Squid rescue Manteau. Reve published "De vierde man" with Elsevier/Manteau in 1981. Its plotline was reused for the French film "Le Manteau de Glace". The term may also derive from "manteau", the French term for a coat. At that same time, his new studio album came out, "Le Manteau de Pluie". Squid helps to free Manteau as he is shot in the back by Vernon. Nelson tells Squid that they first must rescue Manteau from Vernon Boyne's men. In 2004 Meulenhoff/Manteau published a selection of the Fenomenale Feminateek, together with the "Catalogue". Squid then knocks out Manteau as Baroness Resin regresses back to Nelson Jent. Manteau is a word of French origin meaning cloak, gown or overcoat.