Mary Todd Lincoln's faux pas (plural), worse, and much worse

[Linda Anderson]

(06-14-2014 07:15 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Thanks Linda. Maybe I worded that badly, I was actually curious about the entire original Whitney account.

I should have realized what you meant, Eva, because the quotation from Macbeth is very easy to find via Google, as are interpretations of that line. It's amazing how often the Scottish play is referred to in the Lincoln story.