This is on a conversation with Barbara Weisburg, her new book Strong Passions.

This is a divorce case around the time of the Civil War between Mary and Peter Strong very well to do with powerful relatives, powerful mothers.

And the divorce case leads to a scandal spilling across Manhattan post-war years. the way things used to be.

Barbara Weisburg describes here the moment that the crisis is unavoidable.

More of this later.

Mary subsequently says that the touch ignited fire in her heart and that at that point an affair begins with Edward.

Now, Peter, this is obviously secret.

Peter knows nothing of this.

Mary,

finally, both Peter and Mary

are devoted to their children. and

shortly after, when Edward is ready to go to war,

when Edward is ready to go to war, and we are looking at the winter of 61 just about Christmas.

Mary's youngest daughter, she's only about a year old, becomes very ill.

Edward is in the house, but he goes, he's there on furlough he goes back to the war and little baby

Edith attended by both her parents who adore her die.