Eugene Rougon.

ROCHAS, lieutenant in the 106th Regiment of the line, commanded by
Colonel de Vineuil. The son of a journeyman mason from Limousin, he was
born in Paris, and not caring for his father's calling, enlisted when
he was only eighteen. He gained a corporal's stripes in Algeria, rose
to the rank of sergeant at Sebastopol, and was promoted to a lieutenancy
after Solferino. Fifteen years of hardship and heroic bravery was the
price he had paid to be an officer, but his education was so defective
that he could never be made a captain. He held the old traditions that
a defeat of the French army was impossible, and all through the
campaign against Germany in 1870 he refused to believe in the repeated
catastrophes. In the fierce attack by the Prussians on the Hermitage,
he fought desperately against an overwhelming force, and up to the end
encouraged his men by shouting that the victory was theirs. In the end
he fell, mowed down by a hail of bullets. La Debacle.

ROCHEFONTAINE, proprietor of a large factory at Chateaudun. He was
desirous of serving as a Deputy, but did not secure the support of the
Government, and, standing as an independent candidate, was defeated.
Later, in consequence of the disgrace of M. de Chedeville, he became the
official candidate, and in spite of a brusqueness of manner which made
him unpopular, he was elected. La Terre.

RODRIGUEZ, a distant relative of the Empress, who made a claim upon the
State for a large sum, which he said had been due since 1808. Eugene
Rougon, the Minister of State, gave great offence to the Empress by
opposing the claim. Son Excellence Eugene Rougon.

ROGNES-BOUQUEVAL (LES), an ancient and noble family whose estate,
already much reduced by enforced sales, was declared national property
in 1793, and was purchased piece by piece by Isidore Hourdequin. La
Terre.

ROIVILLE (LES), members of Parisian society at whose house Baroness
Sandorff occasionally met Gundermann. L'Argent.

ROSALIE, an old chair-mender at Rognes. The poor woman lived all alone,
sick and without a copper. Abbe Godard came to her assistance. La Terre.

ROSE, a waitress in Lebigre's wine-shop. Le Ventre de Paris.

ROSE, servant in the household of Francois Mouret, was an old woman of
crabbed nature and uncertain temper. She fell under the influence of
Abbe Faujas, and encouraged her mistress in the religious observances
which led to the neglect of her family. Later, when Madame Mouret's
hea