Death, sudden, melancholy instances of, ii. 205, 226. De Dino, Duchess, niece of Talleyrand, i. 54. De la Motte, Countess, i. 312; introduced to the Princess de Gueménée, 318; personal appearance of, described, 321; her conversation and manners, 322; belief in her representations, 324; recital of her adventures, 325, 348; particulars relative to her family, 326; solicits charity, 327; death of her father, 330; long and tedious journey of, 332; fairy-land discovered by, 333; novel appeal of, 334; meets with a kind friend in the person of the Marquise de Boulainvilliers, 335; altered fortunes of, 339; her dismissal from Passy, 341; strange discovery of, _ib._; placed with Madame Leclerc, at Paris, 342; her disappointment, 343; retires to a convent at Bar-sur-Aube, 344; her marriage, 345; endeavours to obtain the restoration of her estates, _ib._; character acquired by, _ib._; aversion of the king to, 346; her attentions to M. de Talleyrand, 350; her participation in the affair of the diamond necklace, 351; diversity of opinion as to her guilt, 352. Del’ Infantado, Duke, fidelity of, i. 91; decree obtained by, 92; arrested, 100. D’Enghien, Duke, allusion to the murder of, ii. 3. Denis, Madame, niece of Voltaire, i. 145; hint given by, 149. D’Escoïquiz, Don Juan, Archdeacon of Toledo, i. 87; his letters relative to the Prince of the Peace, 88, 89; scheme of, 90; his secret communications with Count Orquez, _ib._; obtains a letter from the Prince of Asturias, 91; acts in concert with the Duke del Infantado, 91, 92; decree drawn up by, 93; his interview with the French ambassador, 95, 96; astonishment of, 97; advised to write to Napoleon, _ib._; arrested, 100; appointed to negotiate with the French ambassador, 103; his audience with Napoleon, 111; spirited reply of, 112. Diamond necklace, affair of the stolen one, i. 351; mystery relative to it, 354. Dubarri, Madame, ii. 9–18; visit of Talleyrand to, 20; unjustly calumniated, 21; her great comic powers, 23; altered life of, 24; her personal appearance described, 25; shows Talleyrand over her grounds, 26; splendid collation of, 27; her influence over the king, 28; her beautiful boudoir, 29; relates anecdotes of her past life, _ib._; her splendid jewels, 32; plays at _bilboquet_, _ib._; her melancholy fate, 35. Duchess, a prosy old one, i. 17. Du Deffand, Madame, introduction of Talleyrand to, ii. 102; her benignity of countenance, 104. Duras, Duke de, sudden alarm excited by, ii. 189. England and France, desire of Talleyrand for amity between, ii. 181. Etruria, Queen of, intrigue carried on by, i. 106.