Show NAPOLEONS ENEMY the woman whom the emperor most hated the woman whom the emperor na III hated most on earth lias just died says the boston herald during the brilliant days that followed the coup napoleon made countless efforts to live on good terms with the old nobility there was no limit to the bribery cajolery and even threats to which he resorted in order to induce them to frequent his brand new court the marquise de castellane whose death is just announced took the lead in bidding him defiance she not only refused to go to acourt herself but she cut any of her acquaintances whom she knew to meet with favor there and as her salon was the most charming in paris the chance of being excluded from t was not to be lightly edThe ter marquise was grand niece Talleyrand of and it was through her influence that the great diplomat signed an act of retraction reconciled to the church of bome for some years she lived in retirement but in earlier days she was one of the most brilliant and powerful of the grandes dames of paris |