“These facts were known, of course, to Malin, and through him to Louis XVIII.  You may therefore,” added de Marsay, turning to the Princesse de Cadignan, “explain the whole matter to the Marquise de Cinq-Cygne, and show her why Louis XVIII. thought fit to keep silence.”

ADDENDUM

The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.

Beauvisage
  The Member for Arcis

Berthier, Alexandre
  The Chouans

Bonaparte, Lucien
  The Vendetta

Bordin
  The Seamy Side of History
  The Commission in Lunacy
  Jealousies of a Country Town

Cinq-Cygne, Laurence, Comtesse (afterwards Marquise de)
  The Secrets of a Princess
  The Seamy Side of History
  The Member for Arcis

Corentin
  The Chouans
  Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life
  The Middle Classes

Derville
  Gobseck
  A Start in Life
  Father Goriot
  Colonel Chabert
  Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life

Duroc, Gerard-Christophe-Michel
  A Woman of Thirty

Espard, Jeanne-Clementine-Athenais de Blamont-Chauvry, Marquise d’
  The Commission in Lunacy
  A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
  Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life
  Letters of Two Brides
  Another Study of Woman
  The Secrets of a Princess
  A Daughter of Eve
  Beatrix

Fouche, Joseph
  The Chouans
  Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life

Giguet, Colonel
  The Member for Arcis

Gondreville, Malin, Comte de
  A Start in Life
  Domestic Peace
  The Member for Arcis

Gothard
  The Member for Arcis

Goujet, Abbe
  The Member for Arcis

Grandlieu, Duc Ferdinand de
  The Thirteen
  A Bachelor’s Establishment
  Modeste Mignon
  Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life

Granville, Vicomte de
  A Second Home
  Farewell (Adieu)
  Cesar Birotteau
  Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life
  A Daughter of Eve
  Cousin Pons

Grevin
  A Start in Life
  The Member for Arcis

Hauteserre, D’
  The Member for Arcis

Lefebvre, Robert
  Cousin Betty

Lenoncourt, Duc de
  The Lily of the Valley
  Cesar Birotteau
  Jealousies of a Country Town
  Beatrix

Louis XVIII., Louis-Stanislas-Xavier
  The Chouans
  The Seamy Side of History
  Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life
  The Ball at Sceaux
  The Lily of the Valley
  Colonel Chabert
  The Government Clerks

Marion (of Arcis)
  The Member for Arcis

Marion (brother)
  The Member for Arcis

Marsay, Henri de
  The Thirteen
  The Unconscious Humorists
  Another Study of Woman
  The Lily of the Valley
  Father Goriot
  Jealousies of a Country Town
  Ursule Mirouet
  A Marriage Settlement
  Lost Illusions
  A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
  Letters of Two Brides
  The Ball at Sceaux
  Modeste Mignon
  The Secrets of a Princess
  A Daughter of Eve