Cerutti, Abbé, his acquaintance with Talleyrand, ii. 50; great popularity of, 52; his character and motives, 53; his history, as related by Talleyrand, 54; particulars relative to his family, 55; remarkable change in the conduct of his brother, Cesareo, 57; death of his father, 66; strange power obtained over him, _ib._; discovers the secret, 69; determines to leave his estate, 71; takes leave of the wily Abbé, 72; who follows him, 74; and delivers a letter, 75; becomes a member of the Order of Jesuits, 76; receives a letter from his brother, 77; repairs to the trysting-place, 78; his disappointment, 79; discovers his brother’s dead body, 82, 83; despair of, 85; takes priest’s orders, 86; his exertions in the cause of the Jesuits, 87; confessions of his agent, _ib._; his interview with his faithless love, 90; shock given to his constitution, _ib._; his death, 91. Cevallos, M. de, opinion of, i. 113; entreaty of, _ib._ Champfort, his language compared with that of Voltaire, i. 148, 149, 150, 153; story of his fellow-prisoner, related by Talleyrand, 155. Champion, Madame, her conversation with Talleyrand, ii. 134. Charles IV. abdicates the Spanish throne, in favour of his son, i. 103; declares his decree to be null and void, 106; arrives with his queen at Bayonne, 114. Charles X., government of, i. 51; inconsistencies of, _ib._; his good qualities in private life, _ib._; public indignation against, 54; fall of, 58; his flight, 66–70. Chénier, Joseph, an admirer of Madame de la Bouchardie, ii. 39; inspiration of, 43; his eloquent appeal on behalf of Talleyrand, _ib._; visit of the Prince to, 44. Choiseul, M. de, his dismissal from the ministry, ii. 29; ill-timed joke of, 31. Colbert, his sage reply to Louis XIV., ii. 115. Collard, Royer, a specimen of the ancient French gentleman, i. 22. Compiègne, a dinner at, with Louis XVIII., described, ii. 187, 192, 193. Contat, Mademoiselle, enthusiasm in favour of, i. 194, 197. Conversation, the art of, regret for the loss of, ii. 108; Maxims for Seasoning, ii. 261. Conversations of the 18th century, and their issue, ii. 116. Cossé, Marquis de, the friend of Fénélon, ii. 159. Count, French, career of a, i. 18. Courtiade, his attachment to Prince Talleyrand, ii. 235; anecdote of, 236; his duties, 238. Creutz, M. de, the Swedish ambassador, remark of, ii. 112. Cure, a miraculous one, i. 138. D’Aiguillon, Duc de, his meeting with Talleyrand, i. 151; a pleasant story-teller, ii. 13; his frolic with Talleyrand, 15; hilarity of, 28; plays at _bilboquet_ with Madame Dubarri, 32; his frequent visits to that lady, 34; his sad fate, 35. D’Argenton, Duc, i. 139. Death, under different aspects, ii. 82.