RASTOIL (SEVERIN), son of M. Rastoil, the president of the civil tribunal of Plassans.  “He was a tall young man of five and twenty, with a badly shaped skull and a dull brain, who had been just called to the Bar, thanks to the position which his father held.  The latter was anxiously dreaming of making him a substitute, despairing of his ever succeeding in winning any practice for himself.”  On the suggestion of Abbe Faujas he took a share in starting the Club for Young Men at Plassans.  After the election of M. Delangre as representative of Plassans, Rastoil received the appointment of assistant public procurator at Faverolles.  La Conquete de Plassans.

RAVAUD, a captain of the 106th Regiment of the line, commanded by Colonel de Vineuil.  A young soldier in his company was the first of the wounded to be taken to the ambulance in Delaherche’s house on 1st September, 1870.  In March, 1871, captain Ravaud was at Paris, in a regiment of recent formation, the 124th of the line.  Jean Macquart was corporal in his company in this regiment.  La Debacle.

READING (LORD), proprietor of a racing stable.  Bramah, one of his horses, once gained the Grand Prix de Paris.  Nana.

REBUFAT, a farmer whose land adjoined that inherited by Adelaide Fouque.  He purchased the Fouque property when it was sold by Pierre Rougon.  After the death of his wife Rebufat and his son Justin treated her niece Miette Chantegreil very harshly.  La Fortune des Rougon.

REBUFAT (MADAME EULALIE), wife of the preceding; “a big, dark, stubborn shrew.”  She was a sister of Chantegreil, and was therefore the aunt of Miette, who lived with her after her father’s conviction.  La Fortune des Rougon.

REBUFAT (JUSTIN), son of Rebufat.  “A youth about twenty years old, a sickly, squint-eyed creature, who cherished an implacable hatred against his cousin Miette.”  La Fortune des Rougon.

REMANJOU (MADEMOISELLE), an old lady who lived in the same tenement house in Rue de la Goutte d’Or as the Coupeaus and the Lorilleux, where she made a scanty livelihood by dressing dolls.  She was one of the guests at the Coupeaus’ wedding party.  L’Assommoir.

RENAUDIN, a notary at Paris, who adjusted the Contract of Marriage between Auguste Vabre and Berthe Josserand.  He acted in concert with Duveyrier in selling some heritable property to the loss of other members of the family.  Pot-Bouille.

RENAUDIN, a medical man at Grenelle.  Josephine Dejoie was at one time cook in his house.  L’Argent.

RENGADE, a gendarme whose eye was accidentally destroyed by Silvere Mouret during a struggle for possession of a carbine after the entry of the insurgents into Plassans.  La Fortune des Rougon.

REUTHLINGUER (BARON DE), a banker, and possessor of one of the largest fortunes in Europe.  He was a friend of Clorinde Balbi, and from her received valuable information on political subjects.  Son Excellence Eugene Rougon.