... in my task, notwithstanding my head was aching Mrs Davis was busy in the adjoining room, arranging the Christmas tree for the children I looked at the clock, and the hands pointed to a quarter ... upon them as the cause of the war, and I fear, in their exasperation, will be inclined to treat you harshly Then, I may come back to Washington in a few months, and live in the White House The ... Confederate States The holidays passed, and before the close of January the war was discussed in Mr Davis's family as an event certain to happen in the future Mrs Davis was warmly attached to Washington,...