Charles Maurice de TALLEYRAND (1754-1838). L.A.S. (minute with corrections), November 22, 1816, to Louis XVIII; 1 1/2 pages in-fol. Response to the order not to reappear at Court. [On November 18, at an evening party at the British Embassy, Talleyrand had violently criticized several ministers, including Decazes and the Duc de Richelieu]. "I will obey Your Majesty's order", transmitted by the Duc de La Châtre: "I will obey it with pain, but without understanding that the reports Your Majesty receives make any impression on her when it comes to me. I had thought myself authorized by my devotion not to fear that this might be the case. I have all the more reason to regret having approached Your Majesty, who did not know them, with people capable of informing her so inaccurately. But having learned of them myself so late, I can only confine myself to the obedience which Your Majesty has prescribed for me"...