The Relationship Between King and Buchanan

Buchanan's letters to King don't survive, but one of the only surviving letters about King that mourns their living apart was written by Buchanan. Around this time, King was sent to France on a diplomatic mission, and so their period of living together ended in 1844. I feel that it is not good for a man to be alone, and should not be astonished to find myself married to some old maid who can nurse me when I am sick"