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Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule QUOTES

1 " Ulys rarely left the house anymore, knowing that his appearance would incite speculation. His doctors came to him, and he declined invitations with the excuse that his writing demanded all his attention. “I’m sure they’d welcome your company.” “My dear lady,” he asked urgently, seizing her hands. “Are those documents by any chance from the Century Company?” “Why, yes,” she replied, surprised. “It’s a publishing contract.” “For his memoirs, I presume. Has he signed it yet?” “Probably not. He and Fred wanted to give it one last careful examination. "

― Jennifer Chiaverini , Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule

2 " After Jule fled, so dignified in her anger, Julia had begun to question whether slavery was necessary at all, or merely selfish. Watching the colored soldiers in Union blue march and drill and suffer in military hospitals, observing that the end of slavery in Washington City and elsewhere had not brought about the economic ruin advocates of the “peculiar institution” had ominously predicted, Julia realized that the answer was obvious. She had simply been too concerned with her own comforts to see it. "

― Jennifer Chiaverini , Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule