lth became impaired, and she became subject to fits, it was chiefly
Rose who threw suspicion on her master, encouraging the belief that
he was insane and had inflicted injuries on his wife. La Conquete de
Plassans.

ROSE, a peasant girl at Artaud; sister of Lisa. La Faute de l'Abbe
Mouret.

ROSE, maid-servant to Madame Hennebeau. She was not alarmed by the
violence of the strikers, as, belonging to that district, she knew the
miners, and believed them not to be wicked. Germinal.

ROSE, daughter of the concierge at the sub-prefecture at Sedan. She was
a worker in Delaherche's factory, and he applied to her for information
regarding the course of the battle, as she was in a position to hear
the gossip of the officers and officials. When Napoleon III decided to
request an armistice from the Prussians, it was Rose who furnished a
tablecloth to be used as a white flag. La Debacle.

ROSE, niece of Aristide Saccard's hairdresser. She was a pretty girl of
about eighteen, whom Saccard sent to his son Maxime under the pretext
of nursing him, but in reality with a view to hastening the course of
a nervous disease from which the young man suffered. Aristide agreed
to pay her a percentage on the fortune which he hoped to acquire at his
son's death. Le Docteur Pascal.

ROUBAUD, assistant station-master at Havre. Born in the south of France,
at Plassans, he had a carter for father. He had quitted the army with
the stripes of a sergeant-major, and for a long time had been general
porter at the station at Nantes. He had been promoted head porter
at Barentin, and it was there that he first saw Severine Aubry, the
god-daughter of President Grandmorin, whom he married. This was the sole
romance of his existence, and it was coupled with fortune, for apart
from Severine and her marriage portion of ten thousand francs, the
President, now a director of the Western Railway Company, got him
appointed assistant station-master at Havre. He proved an excellent
official, and the only thing against him was a suspicion that he was
affected by republican principles. For three years Roubaud's married
life was a happy one, until a chance lie of his wife's gave him a clue
to her former relations with Grandmorin. Driven frantic by jealousy, he
forced her to reveal the truth, afterwards compelling her to become
his accomplice in the murder of the President in the Havre express. The
Roubauds established an alibi, though slight suspicion attached to them