text: Though Wilson was unmarried , dating another woman so soon after his wife 's death seemed vaguely scandalous in 1915 , especially because , as Starling discreetly put it , Wilson was afraid another woman--a Mrs. Peck , whom the President had known years before--would make trouble if an engagement were announced .
  
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  Even though Wilson wasn 't married , if he dated someone so soon after becoming a window it might be scandalous .