Seldom in history has a wife so stoutly risen in defense of her “good man.” Was the man [Adams] a gallant, I should think he had been monopolizing the women of the enchanter [Franklin]. Was he a modern courtier, I should think he had outwitted him in court intrigue. Was he a selfish, avaricious, designing, deceitful villain, I should think he had encroached upon the old gentleman’s prerogatives. “It needs great courage, sir, to engage in the cause of America,” she added, fiercely proud of her “Mr. A.”
