Lord Allen being rather the worse for drinking too much wine at dinner,
teased Count D'Orsay, and said some very disagreeable things, which
irritated him; when suddenly John Bush entered the club and shook hands
with the Count, who exclaimed, "Voila, la difference entre une bonne
bouche et une mauvaise haleine."
The following bon mot was also attributed to the Count: General Ornano,
observing a certain nobleman--who, by some misfortune in his youth,
lost the use of his legs--in a Bath chair, which he wheeled about, and
inquiring the name of the English peer, D'Orsay answered, "Pere la
Chaise."
The Count had many disciples among our men of fashion, but none of them
succeeded in copying the original. His death produced, both in London
and in Paris, a deep and universal regret. The Count's life has been
so well delineated in the public prints, that nothing I could say would
add to the praise that has been bestowed upon him. Perfectly natural
in manners and language, highly accomplished, and never betraying the
slightest affectation or pretension, he had formed friendships with
some of the noblest and most accomplished men in England. He was also
a great favourite in Paris, where he had begun to exercise his talent
as an artist, when death prematurely removed him from society.