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...long day of farewells to supporters. Carter had already been to the Oval Office for an hour of work. Now, back upstairs, he looked down the wide corridor and said in a soft voice: "We've enjoyed living in this house. It will be hard to leave it." Rosalynn Carter, wearing a white wool suit, came out of a nearby bedroom. At the table, the President said a short prayer and then began talking of his own future, speaking slowly as he examined his feelings, the answers less swift and rehearsed than usual. "For the first time...
...never had time for leisure," he continued. "I've always had a schedule, a purpose. I've always been an ambitious and driving person." He looked across the table at his wife. "Rosalynn and I haven't had a vacation since our honeymoon." Then he said they will spend the next two weeks at Caneel Bay in the Virgin Islands...
Carter told his senior aides that he was worried about Rosalynn's mood. The single most important thing to him, Carter declared, was her happiness. "I'm O.K.," he said, "but she's still vulnerable." A couple of nights later, Carter introduced her extravagantly to hundreds of campaign workers who had gathered at the White House from around the country. "Here is a woman," the President said, "who has graced this mansion more than any other person who has lived here...
...breakfast table, Rosalynn listened carefully as her husband described what would be his daily schedule in Plains. She had been unenthusiastic in the past about going home. Her friends say that she will not last there, that eventually she will insist on moving to a place more stimulating. She talked of her plans to write a book and of her daughter Amy, who is being uprooted from a school she likes. The only friend Amy has kept up with in Plains is Billy Carter's daughter Mandy. "But she said she's looking forward to going back where...
Eleanor and Franklin had done it. Bess and Harry too, along with every First Couple since. So, in keeping with a four-decade tradition, Jimmy and Rosalynn agreed to pose for Yousuf Karsh's camera. The Carters, says the famed Ottawa lensman, were "very cordial, warm and cooperative" as subjects. So was Amy's pet, Misty Malarkey, a copycat who insisted on being included in Rosalynn's portraits, taken in the Yellow Oval Room. The President, who had generously allowed two hours for his session in the Oval Office, proved especially understanding when asked to pose again...