Her complexion is fair; her hair, judging from the eye-brows and eye-lashes, must have been very light; her eyes are blue; her nose, _retrousse_; her mouth small, with full lips; and the expression of her countenance is agreeable, though not intellectual.
In her demeanour there is an evident assumption of dignity, which, falling short of the aim, gives an ungraceful stiffness to her appearance.

Her dress was rich but suited to her age, which I should pronounce to be about sixty.

Her manner has the formality peculiar to those conscious of occupying a higher station than their birth or education entitles them to hold; and this consciousness gives an air of constraint and reserve that curiously contrasts with the natural good-humour and _naivete_ that are frequently perceptible in her.
If ignorant--as is asserted--there is no symptom of it in her language.
To be sure, she says little; but that little is expressed with propriety: and if reserved, she is scrupulously polite.

Her _dames de compagnie_ and _chambellan_ treat her with profound respect, and she acknowledges their attentions with civility.

To sum up all, the impression made upon me by the Princesse Talleyrand was, that she differed in no way from any other princess I had ever met, except by a greater degree of reserve and formality than were in general evinced by them.
I could not help smiling inwardly when looking at her, as I remembered Baron Denon's amusing story of the mistake she once made.