The truth is, I owe A. T. Stewart and Company an enormous bill for dresses—$60,000——
Betty
Sixty thousand—oh, my Lord! That's worse than mine——!
Mrs. Lincoln
I had to get them! The world said the White House would be disgraced by my awkward husband's régime—I've shown them better! But I just couldn't tell Mr. Lincoln. He has no idea of the cost of clothes. If these jackals have found out and attack him on my account, the thought of it will kill me——
Betty
But you know he'd defend you against any one who dares attack you.
Mrs. Lincoln
Yes, dear—but it would hurt him so to hear it from their brutal lips. I want you to find out from your father, if they know——
Betty