toover and said, i dance with you in the worst way, and later that evening, she told her cousin, elizabeth grimsley that she presidents" historiansr in the worst way. she and lincoln laughed about that forever. that was one of their private jokes. >> >> what significance does this have? >> this is where lincoln would .ave practiced law he was in the legislature here in this building. mary came into the building two very important times for me. they were at a cotillion and they were dancing. he made the mistake of saying she glided around the dance floor like a serpent. was a very biblical person so the phrase's serpent had a whole different connotation to her, and she was very put off right back, so she never had any interest in him whatsoever after that moment. but lincoln really came to admire her. and then he was a wonderful researcher. lincoln loved herndon because lincoln was so thorough in his research when they would do trial cases. >> now, what does mary not liking herndon, does that cause any friction amongst the law practice here? >> it did not cause any friction between lincoln and hernd