Bélanger (architect), designs an hôtel for Sophie Arnould in the Chaussée-d’Antin, 47; becomes her _amant de cœur_, 48; his practical joke at the expense of the actor Florence, 48; wishful to marry Sophie, 48; narrowly escapes the guillotine, 89; marries Mlle. Dervieux of the Opera, 89; his kindness to Sophie Arnould during her last years, 90; her letters to him, 90, 91; his letter to Lucien Bonaparte on her behalf, 96, 97 Bernis, Abbé (afterwards Cardinal) de, 4 Bernard, Marie Anne (mother of Mlle. Guimard), 101, 102, 104, 105. Bertin (farmer-general) “comes to an arrangement” with Sophie Arnould, 37; presents her to his friends, 38; his generosity powerless to gain her affection, 38; discarded by Sophie, 39; indemnified by the Comte de Lauraguais, 39; furnishes a handsome apartment for Mlle. Guimard, 105; supplanted in her affections by M. de Boutourlin, 108 Berton (director of the Opera), 53 note Bièvre, Marquis de, first _amant en titre_ of Mlle. Raucourt, 159 and note, 160 Billington, Miss (singer), 213 Black, Susannah, her evidence at the inquest on the Comte and Comtesse d’Antraigues, 337-339 _Blaise et Babet_, Madame Dugazon’s performance in, 209, 210; played at Trianon by Marie Antoinette and her friends, 209, 210 Boïeldieu (cited), 208 Bompas, commits a burglary at Sophie Arnould’s house at Clichy, 85; pardoned by her, 86 Bonaparte, Lucien, Sophie Arnould’s letter to him, 94, 95; promises her a benefit performance at the Opera, 95; Belanger’s letter to him on her behalf, 96, 97 Boucher (painter), 10 Boudreau (financier), lover of Madame Dugazon, 205, 206 Boufflers, Chevalier de, 53 note Bouillon, Duc de, 32, 320 note Bouilly, 217, 221, (cited) 207, 212 Bourbon, Duc de, his offer to Mlle. Raucourt, 156 Boutin (financier), lends money to Sophie Arnould, 85 Boutourilin, M. de, lover of Mlle. Guimard, 108 Boynes (Minister of Marine), Sophie Arnould’s _bon mot_ at his expense, 34 Brancas, Constant de (son of Sophie Arnould and Comte de Lauraguais), 91 Brizard (actor), trains Mlle. Raucourt for the stage, 147 and note; his speech on the evening of her _début_ at the Comédie-Française, 148; attacked by the enemies of the actress, 176 Breteuil, Baron de, opposed to the production of Beaumarchais’s _Mariage de Figaro_, 235; his opposition overcome by Beaumarchais’s tact, 235, 236; engages Piccini to come to Paris, 295 Burney, Dr. (cited), 44 note C Cabanis (physician), 323 _Camille, ou le souterrain_, Madame Dugazon’s success in, 216 Campan, Madame (cited), 168 Campardon, Émile (cited), 101, 109, 124, 208, 210, 212 Canning, George, 331 _Caprices de Galathée, les_, Mlle. Guimard’s triumph in, 124 Castil-Blaze (cited), 3 note, 91, 304 _Castor et Pollux_, Rameau’s, 33, 51, 52 Cazes, M. de, lover of Madame Dugazon; compelled by Dugazon to surrender his wife’s letters and portrait, 202, 203; caned by Dugazon at the Comédie-Italienne, 203, 204