soon she was gone and they brought in a new england lady, ms. riley. ms. riley kept a record of every penny that was spent, and indeed, she spent less. grace had to be the wife in all this, had to appear to save with all these social demands. what tension that must have caused for her. >> i think it was good that they did have to pay for everybody's food, but they had a diplomatic budget. they had an entertaining budget. some historians said they entertained more than many presidential couples because they had a separate budget. remember, this is a very middle- class couple coming into the presidency. they don't have their own wealth as we have seen with others. >> what was her religion and was that an important part of her public life? >> it was very important. she was raised as a methodist in burlington, vermont. she moved over to the congregational church. her family followed her to the church. she felt and said in her memoirs that she was in a church from the time she was little, and also i feel her faith was very much part of her character and got her