Do you remember the first time you saw the governor

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Do you remember the first time you saw the governor

Greta Van Susteren: Remember the first time you saw the governor?

(LAUGHTER)

Ann Romney: I do.

Greta Van Susteren: How old were you?

Ann Romney: Probably about 10.

Greta Van Susteren: Really?

Ann Romney: Yes.

Greta Van Susteren: Where was this?

Ann Romney: I was — I was on a horse and in the country, and he was a Boy Scout...

Governor Mitt Romney: Cub Scout.

Ann Romney: I mean, a Cub Scout. And there were a group of very naughty, like, Cub Scouts that were taunting me...

Greta Van Susteren: Was he one of them?

Ann Romney: Yes.

Governor Mitt Romney: No, no, no. I was saying, "don't do that. That's a nice young lady on that white horse."

Greta Van Susteren: That's not the story she was just telling.

(LAUGHTER)

Greta Van Susteren: They were taunting you?

Ann Romney: They were taunting me, and they started...

Governor Mitt Romney: This is getting better with time.

Ann Romney: But I have got to tell you, I was on a horse and I could go fast, and I just galloped off. And that is the first time I remember him.

Greta Van Susteren: Where was this?

Ann Romney: This was in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Greta Van Susteren: And then after you saw — after that experience, when was the next time you saw him?

Ann Romney: In high school. We were at a party. I was then just turning — just about a month before I turned 16, and I was at Cindy White's house, and it was one of these high school parties. And he happened to be there. We saw each other again, and I think there was sort of a mutual attraction right away.

Greta Van Susteren: You liked him right away? Except at that age when you were 10, you liked him, though?

Ann Romney: I had forgiven him.

Greta Van Susteren: You had forgiven him. Did you tell him about it?

Ann Romney: You know, not for a long time. And I think (AUDIO GAP). I don't think either one of us realized. We didn't know, really, who each other was. But it was after we had been dating for a while that he knew I rode horses and I had — I still had horses when he was dating me. And he was like, that horse looks familiar. Oh, was that you?