i never could understand why ellen wilson tolerated his a year relationship with mary peck i have some theories that maybe she just wanted -- she may believe that mary was a family friend. almost immediately after their relationship began she and woodrow wilson visited mary peck at her home in massachusetts. mary peck was actually the social hostess in bermuda, and mark twain was there. there is a picture of mark twain , the girlfriend, and woodrow wilson. i thought that was rather fun. i can't wait for the next volume to see what he had to say about them. but ellen wilson befriended her and pretended that she was a family friend and accepted this. and i just have all these theories. i would love to test them, but there is absolutely no evidence. this summer after she discovered the intensity of the relationship -- and woodrow wilson had always had a female friends, and she in kurds that because she was not very high spirited. woodrow wilson, surprisingly enough, was extremely high spirited. he loved to sing and dance until jokes and recite limericks. she wasn't like that. she was a ve