de Saint-Aulaire a beaucoup d'esprit.

Mais il est devot, et, ce qui pis est, devot honteux.

Il va se cacher dans quelque hameau pour faire ses Paques." This was a curious remark from a Bishop.
He told several stories about the political men of France; not of any great value in themselves; but his way of telling them was beyond all praise,--concise, pointed, and delicately satirical.

When he had departed, I could not help breaking out into admiration of his talent for relating anecdotes.

Lady Holland said that he had been considered for nearly forty years as the best teller of a story in Europe, and that there was certainly nobody like him in that respect.
When the Prince was gone, we went to bed.