Robert Todd Lincoln --The vitals

[Gene C]

With so many writers telling us about Mary's mood swings, temper, and quick wit it seems unlikely to me that she would wait for Lincoln to come back to her. I would imagine she would jump into the social scene as quick as possible and find another fellow. I don't recall reading that she did that. "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."

In "With Malice Towards None", Stephen Oates does a nice job writing about their courtship. I will have to find it and summarize his comments.

IMO, Herndon totally created parts of this story and slanted it to make the marriage seem doomed from the start.