sally fairfax was the wife of george william fairfax, who was a neighbor and close friend.ome people describe him as washington's best friend. they were at belvoir but it's just river from mount vernon. well, i think clearly, there was i would use the word infatuation. sally was slightly older, very sophisticated to someone like george who wanted, as a young man, very much to belong, who wanted to be part of the colonial aristocracy, who wanted to advance in the british military. and so, someone like sally who was even then, i think unobtainable, nevertheless, held a special allure. exactly what the nature of that relationship was is still being debated. you talked about george washington's integrity. i think it was something even then, i don't think the relationship went beyond a kind of love sick young man. but i'd like to hear your view. patricia: well, actually then we won't disagree. there's no doubt when those two letters surfaced that you can't read them any other way. but that he was a love sick puppy. but they hardly make sense, when you read them sentence by sente