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Public opinion is sympathetic to the homeless Governor, but many Maryland women have sided with Bootsie. Wrote one indignant woman: "The Prince of Wales had to abdicate an entire kingdom when his personal life interfered with the laws of the realm. Should not Marvin Mandel give up the governorship?" Complained another: "As a taxpayer, I resent my tax money's being used to pay secret service men to accompany the Governor on his love trysts. Who was watching the shop while the Governor was pursuing his ladylove? I always thought any man who smokes a pipe was above reproach."
Adamant about not moving, Bootsie is not especially hostile toward her wandering husband. "I want us to have another chance," she says. "I want to end my life with my husband." Whatever their personal differences, she respects Marvin politically as much as ever and intends to back him for reelection. There, for the time being, the impasse rests. Or, as the motto on the great seal of Maryland proclaims, "Fatti maschi parole femine [Manly deeds, womanly words]."