it's the reason mrs. kekly wrote her memoir to try and save mary's reputation. >> and then mary severed their relationship. >> she was so disconcerted by elizabeth consecutive -- kekly, who was trying to tell good things about her, this woman she called her best and dearest friend, they never spoke again.s woman she called her best and dearest friend, they never spoke again. >> mrs. lincoln was kind of manic depressive. >> i think today she probably could have benefited from a little prozac. >> she went through quite a bit. >> she went through quite a bit. had two children die -- had three children die and her husband die in front of her. i can understand if she was a little depressed but when you're talking about the decolletage mary lincoln was very fond of her shoulders. her husband thought she was beautiful. one dress in mrs. kekly's memoir where he -- long train and a low bodice, and he remarked that the cat had a fine tail tonight, maybe if a little more of the tail were up by the neck, it would be a fine