Excerpt from Memoirs of the Duchesse De Dino: Afterwards Duchesse De Talleyrand Et De Sagan 1841 1850Rochecotte, January 1, 1841. - Yesterday passed by uneventfully. In the morning I had mass said in my chapel for the late M. de Quelen, and shed heartfelt tears during the service. In the evening my son Alexander, my son-in-law and Pauline gave us some music. They sang vaudevilles and mimicked characters with a vivacity which delighted me, as I am always afraid that they may be bored here, though I admit that their frame of mind was in complete contrast to my own. On the stroke of midnight punch was served, some tears fell into my glass when I thought of those with whom I had so often spent this anniversary.Rochecotte, January 2, 1841. - M. de Salvandy writes to me as follows concerning the reception of M. Molé at the Academy: "M. Mole spoke to a magnificent audience. He was seated between M. de Royer Collard and M. de Chateaubriand, on this occasion the latter broke his usual custom of avoiding public appearances. It was a special honour, either to M. Mole or to the memory of the late archbishop. The highest society from the Faubourg Saint Germain were there, in fact all the special friends of M. Mole and everybody who can be called anybody nowadays. M. Mole was continually applauded, and his cleverness, his taste and courageous speaking well deserved this reward.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.