Lincoln & Herndon

[Angela]

Great read, Eva - thanks!

I am curious about the dislikes/splits you mentioned. I have never had the impression from anything that I read that there was an actual falling out between Herndon and Mary before he started his lectures. Am I wrong in that?
As for the serpent-insult - as far as I understood, she chided him in her usual manner and he recognized the incident as his own fault. Nothing ever came of it, or did it?
To me it sounds as if they simply did not have much, or even anything, in common and weren't all that interested in each other.
On the other hand, Mary Lincoln gave Herndon a long and personal interview later. I don't see and ground for dislike until that lecture.