415.: "The nomination of Cardinal Maury as arch-bishop of Paris was published on the same day that I had been appointed prefect of police.

The new arch-bishop had made too much noise in the past for him not to have become known to me.

He was as happy with his appointment as I was unhappy with mine.

I met him in the chateau Fontainebleau and I have ever since been haunted by the noisy expression of his happiness.

He constantly repeated this sentence: "The Emperor has just satisfied the two greatest requirements of his capital.