Archbishop, the uninvited, ii. 195; the omission rectified by Prince Talleyrand, 196; his personal appearance, _ib._; at length consents to accept the invitation, 198; honours paid to, 199; his inquiries answered, 200; his love of French cookery, 201; testifies his high satisfaction, 202; alarm occasioned by, 203; sudden death of, 205. Asturias, Prince of, friendship of Napoleon for, i. 96; his dilatory character, 98; letter of, to Napoleon, 99; arrested in the palace of the Escurial, _ib._; accusations against, 100; received into favour, 103; his father abdicates in his favour, _ib._; sends his brother to meet Napoleon, 104; quits Madrid for Burgos, 105; proceeds to Vittoria, 107; arrives at Irun, 108; surprising intelligence received by, 109, 115; his interview with Napoleon, 110–113; resigns the crown out of respect to his father, 114. Avenue de Gâtines, at Valençay, its splendid appearance, i. 9. Bank of England, intended pillage of, ii. 166. Barras, soirée given by, ii. 136; his inquiry of Napoleon, 171. Bar-sur-Aube, Convent at, i. 344. Beau, an antiquated Parisian one, i. 20. Beauharnais, M. de, the French ambassador, i. 94; interviews of M. d’Escoïquiz with, 94, 96, 97. Beaumetz, a friend of Prince Talleyrand, remarkable story of, i. 36; his melancholy fate, 41. Beggarwoman’s prophecy fulfilled, i. 245. Belgium, private letters of Prince Talleyrand, on the affairs of, ii. 276, 280, 284. Benedict XIV., Pope, answer of Talleyrand to, ii. 49. Berg, Grand-Duke of, appointed lieutenant-general of the kingdom, i. 115. Bergasse, a friend of Talleyrand’s, ii. 209; present at the _soirée_ of Madame de Krudener, 216; his admiration of that lady, 222; strange conviction of, 223; finds the prophecy fulfilled, 225. Bernardière, M. de la, agitation of, ii. 194; singular letter received by, 195; commissioned to wait on the Archbishop of M——, 196; his interview with that prelate, 197. Berrichon character, trait of, i. 24. Boehmer, the Parisian jeweller, and the diamond necklace, i. 354, 356. Bois de Boulogne, fête in the, i. 158. Bonaparte, Napoleon, letter of the Prince of Asturias to, i. 99; arrives at Bordeaux, 104; his visits to Ferdinand, 110; proposition to him, 112; characteristic trait of, 113; his alarm relative to the prisoners at Valençay, 119; bold speech of Talleyrand to, 120; his occasional want of tact, 300; proposes to marry Madame de la Bouchardie, ii. 39; his intended invasion of England, 166; his reproof of Talleyrand, 171; his reply to Barras, _ib._ Bon-mot, attributed to Talleyrand, i. 64.