re: #128 Decatur Deb

If she was offended, the manners of the time gave her an appropriate response—a slap in the face. It would have been quite safe in public and in front of his wife-to-be.

Considering the general jubilation at that event, the normal conventions of the time all went out the window.

Looking back on it now from our view 70 years later, I think “wow that must have been uncomfortable for her and she doesn’t look like she was into it like that guy was”