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A Trip to Louisville

           Herfirsthusband,JohnAlexanderFleming,whohadinheritedwealth,tastes,privileges,andvicesfromalonglineofslave-holding,tobacco-growingFlemings,wasacharmingmanoftheKentucky–Virginiasocietytype.Hehadbeentrainedinthelawwithaviewtoenteringthediplomaticservice,but,beinganidlerbynature,hadneverdoneso.Instead,horse-raising,horse-racing,philandering,dancing,hunting,andthelike,hadtakenuphistime.WhentheirweddingtookplacetheKentucky–Virginiasocietyworldconsidereditagreatmatch.Therewaswealthonbothsides.Thencamemuchmoreofthatidlesocialwhirlwhichhadproducedthemarriage.Evenphilanderingsofaveryvitalcharacterwerenotbarred,thoughdeception,insomedegreeatleast,wouldbenecessary.AsanaturalresulttherefollowedtheappearanceinthemountainsofNorthCarolinaduringacharmingautumnoutingofagayyoungsparkbythenameofTuckerTanner,andthebestowalonhimbythebeautifulNannieFlemingasshewasthencalledofhertemporaryaffections.KindfriendswerequicktoreportwhatFleminghimselfdidnotsee,andFleming,rouethathewas,encounteringyoungMr.Tanneronahighmountainroadoneevening,saidtohim,"Yougetoutofthispartybynight,orIwillletdaylightthroughyouinthemorning."TuckerTanner,realizingthathoweversenselessandunfairtheexaggeratedchivalryoftheSouthmightbe,theendwouldbebulletsjustthesame,departed.Mrs.Fleming,disturbedbutunrepentant,consideredherselfgreatlyabused.Therewasmuchscandal.

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