Suard, Madame, compliment paid to, ii. 109; apology of, 112. Talleyrand, Bailli de, his strange meeting with his nephew, i. 175; takes a last farewell of him, 180. Talleyrand, Prince de, visit to, i. 3; interesting scene with his niece, _ib._; his drawing-room described, 4; interview with, 5; his mode of life at Valençay, 7; his conversations on the past, _ib._; favourite residence of, _ib._; etiquette observed towards, _ib._; his noble guests, 15; plays at cards, _ib._; contrast to him, 16; witticism of, 21; his friend, Royer Collard, 23; his invitation to the Mayor of C——, 25; plays at billiards, 28; punishes his guest’s curiosity, 32; the first story-teller of his day, 34; remarkable particulars related by, relative to his friend, Beaumetz, 36; decision of character saves his life, 39; resolves to quit America and return to France, 40; his sad remembrances of his friend, 41; attributes the warning of his danger to magnetism, 42; his opinion of Cagliostro, 43; unjust ideas formed of, in England, 48; his conduct during the Revolution of July, 1830, _ib._; opinions entertained relative to, 49; unfavourable to the government of Charles X., 51; his sympathy for the new ministers, 53; retires to Rochecotte, 54; his intimates there, 55; his opinion of M. Thiers, 57; calumnies heaped upon him, 59; his secret message to the Duke of Orleans, 60, 67; his thoughts relative to the Revolution, 62; his presence of mind, 63; bon-mot attributed to, 64; watches the progress of the Revolution, _ib._; efforts of, 65; his great sagacity, 67; directs the movements of the new dynasty, 69; advises the Duke of Orleans to accept the crown, 72; part played by him, _ib._; his bold speech to Napoleon, 120; describes his visit to Cagliostro, 122; goes to the Opera, 134; and finds the statements of Cagliostro verified, 135; his astonishment on witnessing the effect of the contents of the magic phial, 139; his interview with Voltaire, 143; wins at the faro-table, 151; writes to his uncle, the Cardinal de Perigord, 152; relates the history of a young officer of _Mousquetaires_, 155; his faithful dog, 169; childhood and juvenile years of, 170; abandoned by his mother, _ib._; placed under the care of a nurse, 171; as is also his infant brother, 172; carried off from his solitude by his uncle, the Bailli de Talleyrand, 178; has an excellent preceptor, 181; allows him afterwards a handsome pension, 182; his studies at College, 183; his mother’s visits to him there, 184; becomes, on the death of his father, the Comte de Talleyrand, 184; astounding intimation given to, 185; submits to his fate, 186; his exercises and amusements at Louis-le-Grand, _ib._;