Anecdotal Recollections of the Congress of Vienna
CHAPTER XIX
A Luncheon at M. de Talleyrand’s on his Birthday--M. de Talleyrand and the MS.--The Princesse-Maréchale Lubomirska --New Arrivals--Chaos of Claims--The Indemnities of the King of Denmark--Rumours of the Congress--Arrival of Wellington at Vienna--The Carnival--Fête of the Emperor of Austria--A Masked Rout--The Diadem, or Vanity Punished --A Million--Gambling and Slavery: a Russian Anecdote, 375