Maria-Theresa, Donna, her personal attractions, i. 89. Marie-Antoïnette, defence of, i. 273; her execution, 274; lives in splendour, 353. Marivaux, delightful novels of, i. 10. Marquis, a fashionable one, i. 159; remarkable adventure of, 160; his devotion to Madame de B——, 165; marries her, 166. Marquise, the, and the magic phial, i. 139; disfigurement of, 142; present to her maid, _ib._ Martignac ministry, its dissolution, i. 51, 53. Marville, Dowager de, fête suggested by, i. 157. Masserano, Prince de, Spanish Ambassador at Paris, i. 99. Maury, Abbé, and his audience, i. 295. Maxims for Seasoning Conversation, ii. 261. Mayor, provincial, invited to Valençay, i. 26; his curiosity punished, 31. Memory, a mysterious thing, i. 154. Meylau, Chevalier de, remark of, i. 338. Mirabeau, his high opinion of Talleyrand, i. 222; persons admitted into his intimacy, 224; circumstances attending his death, _ib._; his visit to Talleyrand, 225; complains of indisposition, 226; his sad forebodings, 227; speaks of his affairs, 228; admonitions of, 231; adjourns to dine at a restaurateur’s, 232; his strange mirth, 233; takes a hot bath, 234; his death, 237; precious scrap of writing left by him, _ib._; his remark to the physician, 239; public grief at the decease of, _ib._; secret of his success, ii. 5; his early history, 54; funeral oration over, 91. Molé, Count, and the Prince de Talleyrand, i. 28, 32, 55. Monti, Abbé, celebrity of his Poems, i. 303; his conversation with Madame de Stäel, _ib._ Montrond, M. de, his letter to Talleyrand, ii. 162, 167; fond of practical jokes, _ib._; 176. Morellet, Abbé, recommendation of, to his guests, ii. 111. Necker, Madame, opinion of, i. 299. New York, beauty of the scenery at, i. 39. Nun, young and beautiful, i. 201; relates her history to Talleyrand, 202; her desire to see the world, 204; sympathy for, 208. Officer, young, of _Mousquetaires_, story of, i. 155. Orleans, Duchess of, her château at Issy, i. 191; her private theatricals, 193. Orleans, Duke of, facts respecting, i. 60; secret message to, _ib._; proclaimed Lieutenant-General of the Kingdom, 69; crisis in his life, 71; persuaded by Talleyrand to accept the crown, 72. Orquez, Count, attached to the Prince of Asturias, i. 90. Paris, its occupation by the allied sovereigns, ii. 208. Peers, Reflections on their Trial, by the Chamber of Peers, ii. 289. Perigord, Cardinal de, the friend of Petrarch, ii. 6. Perigord, Cardinal de, uncle to Talleyrand, i. 152.