Mary's purchase ....

[eperon]

Thanks so much!
I just read it and recalled reading that sentiment elsewhere..

I can't imagine that poor woman's turmoil to "expect" it so very much, that she'd actually make preparations for the "eventuality." Wasn't it also written somewhere that when Mr. Lincoln saw his faint double-image in his mirror and wondered what it could mean, that Mary said something to the effect that he was to have a first term, but would not live out a second?