Who Can You Believe

[Gene C]

Stranger things have happened. No telling what she could have done in an adrenaline rush. We do know that Payne did have a sense of chivalrous behavior (except with the housekeper/maid in Baltimore) so it is questionalbe whether he would strike back at Fanny.

Maybe he was more dazed by the whallop she gave him than the fall from his horse. That could account for part of his confusion in trying to escape from Washington and his horse getting away from him.
And as far as the media playing things up, if it weren't for them, how else would we know about important issues like the daily exploits of the Kardashian clan? And speaking of that, is it now Kim West or Kayne Kardashian?

Was Payne's horse ever recovered?