Chapter FiveEliza
“You will laugh at me for consulting you about such a trifle; but I want to know, whether you would prefer my receiving the nuptial benediction in my uniform or in a different habit. It will be just as you please; so consult your whim and what you think most consistent with propriety. If you mean to follow our plan of being secretly married, the scruple ought to appear entirely your own and you should begin to give hints of it.” – Love Letter from Alexander Hamilton
to Elizabeth Schuyler
Alex dismissed me. I obeyed and went to bed. Poor Mrs. Reynolds. Her husband's shady dealings plunged them into financial ruin. But I hoped Alex would have the sense to keep his money in his britches and not hand it over to that cad. Alex wasn't one to gamble on land speculation anyway
