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Show Talleyrand's Fame as Diplomat Well Won Madame De Stael, talking to Talleyrand, Talley-rand, suddenly snapped at him, with pointed coquetterie : "If Madame Grant and I had the misfortune simultaneously to fall into the river before your eyes, which of us two would you attempt to save first?" Talleyrand, old fox, answered smilingly smil-ingly : "But, madanie, you are a perfect swimmer." At dinner Talleyrand was once asked what was the difference between be-tween a diplomat and a woman of the world. Instantly he replied: "If a diplomat says 'Yes' he means Perhaps,' if he says 'Perhaps' he means 'No'; if be says 'No,' he is not a diplomat. But If a lady says 'No,' she most likely means 'Perhaps'; if .she says 'Perhaps' siie means 'Yes'; but if she says 'Yes,' she is not a woman of the world." Kansas City Star. |