SavingLincoln I had sent a card requesting a meeting with Governor Pickens, who was also staying at the hotel, and was awaiting an aide.
7 days ago.
SavingLincoln I was not, like Hamlet, "the glass of fashion and the mould of form," and yet I was somehow "the observed of all observers."
8 days ago.
SavingLincoln "And to you, suh," I replied as he walked away. I made my way into the lobby, where the crowd was so thick I had to cut through it.
SavingLincoln The reporter also saw them. "Your presence is known and has become the subject of much speculation," he said. "Best wishes," he added.
SavingLincoln He asked to know my purpose in Charleston. I told him I was there at Mr. Lincoln's behest. Then I noticed those who watched us.