Excerpt from Outlines of Men, Women, and Things On a certain day she would ride from Arling ton on horseback and meet him at Alexandria. Over this very road came the happy lovers. Far and fair on every Side stretched the sunny lands which were their proud inheritance. Ar lington House opened wide its doors to these beloved children. Its patriarchal trees waved their summer welcomes. Slaves came thronging from their cottages to greet their dear Miss Mary and her handsome young husband. What a summer day for these joyous hearts Ineffable as its sunshine shone the promise of their future. It was well for Mary Custis that to her was given no second sight to divine the sorrow of a far-off morningr Well that those soft eyes, looking on, did not see these gay old gardens and violet slopes sown thick with human bones, and turfed with ten thou sand human graves! When She wrote this let ter, in the sweet fullness of her heart, it was well she could not know that when her hair was white, and her heart old with many sorrows, a. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.