he said, "as it is not without a blush," which as an aside, elisa hamilton served in the role of thatany of in recent months, standing behind her husband as he admits to some horrible scandal. and saving his political career. abigail, when she learned this about hamilton, said, "i have not any confidence in the honor, integrity, or patriotism of any man who does not believe that thou shalt not commit adultery is a positive prohibition of god. i will not upon any consideration to a public wrong or injury, but i can be guilty of breaking the most solemn private engagement? and that to one whom i am bound by affection, honor to protect, love, respect?" her basic view is, "give me a break." she was right, hamilton went on the attacked against adams, and that, combined with the alien and sedition act, really did him in. and they knew that they were very likely to lose the election. they still had to move to washington. washington is such a funny part of the story. when i was writing this book, "ladies of the day," which goes from adams to adams, people arrived in washington and say, where