CHAPTER XIV

Some Original Types at the Congress--M. Aïdé--A Witticism of the Prince de Ligne--Mme. Pratazoff--Mr. Foneron--The Old Jew--His Noblesse and his Moral Code--Mr. Raily-- His Dinners and his Companions--The Two Dukes--The End of a Gambler--The Sovereigns’ Incognito--Mr. O’Bearn--Ball at the Apollo--Zibin and the King of Prussia--Charles de Rechberg and the King of Bavaria--The Minuet--The King of Denmark--Story of the Bombardment of Copenhagen--The German Lesson, 282