opposes repudiation, in legislature, 59, 60;
reflected in 1840, unsuccessful candidate for speaker, 60;
jumps out of window to break a quorum, 60;
in campaign of 1840, 61;
his courtship of Mary Todd, 62, 63;
fails to appear on wedding day, 63;
married, 63;
character of his married life, 64, 65;
quarrels with Shields, 65, 66;
later ashamed of it, 66;