"You mustn't run down my friend Nancy," said Lincoln, who had returned in time to hear the last remark. "She and Tad are great chums; he is devoted to her."
"I was only going to say," stammered Mrs. Arnold, "that Nancy has treated my nephew very shabbily; first encouraged his suit, then threw him over in the most bare-faced manner for—Major Goddard."
[ 1 ] A true story.
[ 2 ] See "Abraham Lincoln," by Nicholay and Hay.
CHAPTER XV
NEMESIS