Note 2 — LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS. PIOZZI. (continued 6)
Reading edition
"To understand the point of this answer," says Mr. Mackintosh, "it must be known that an old countess is introduced in the novel full of cunning, finessing, and trick, who was intended to represent Talleyrand, and Delphine was intended for herself."—Life of Sir James Mackintosh, vol. ii. p. 453.