(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine Resumed)
Mr. Jenner.
about any of the subject matters of that conversation as she reported it to you?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
You expressed no response, made no response to her having made a statement to her husband that--of her surprise as to why he hadn't called and if he were just over in Dallas and staying at the Y?
Mrs. Paine.
I thought that but I didn't try to put it in Russian.
Mr. Jenner.
There was no discussion is all I am getting at.
What did she say as to his coming out by whatever means he could get there? Was there any discussion of that?
Mrs. Paine.
It implied whatever means, that he shouldn't ask me to--
Mr. Jenner.
He was coming?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
But that you were not going to go to get him?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
And you left and went to the grocery store or market?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
When you returned, was Lee at your home?
Mrs. Paine.
He was already there, which surprised me greatly.
Mr. Jenner.
Why did it surprise you?
Mrs. Paine.
Because I thought he would have to take a public bus to Irving, they run very rarely if at all during the afternoon, and I thought he would have considerable difficulty getting out. I thought it would be at least supper time before he got there.
Mr. Jenner.
How much time elapsed between the time you left and the time you returned?
Mrs. Paine.
Shopping? Oh, I don't know, perhaps an hour, perhaps a little less.
Representative Ford.
Where did you go shopping?
Mrs. Paine.
The grocery store in the same parking lot where we practiced.
Mr. Jenner.
That was three blocks away?
Mrs. Paine.
It is a little more than that. These would be long blocks.
Mr. Jenner.
Did any conversation ensue as to how he had, by what means he had come from Dallas to Irving?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes. He then said that he had hitchhiked out, caught a ride with someone who brought him straight to the door, a Negro man.
Mr. Jenner.
To your door?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes. To whom he said that he had been away from his wife and child and he was just now getting home, and the man kindly brought him directly to the door.
Mr. Jenner.
Where did this conversation take place?
Mrs. Paine.
In the home that afternoon.
Mr. Jenner.
When you returned to your home, that was in the afternoon, wasn't it?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Where was Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mrs. Paine.
I don't recall.
Mr. Jenner.
Was he inside the home or outside?
Mrs. Paine.
Inside, I believe.
Mr. Jenner.
Did any conversation ensue as to where he had been in that 10-day interim?
Mrs. Paine.
Where he had been?
Mr. Jenner.
Where he had been in the intervening 10 days?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes; he said to me that he had been in Houston and that he hadn't been able to find work there and was now going to try in Dallas.
Mr. Jenner.
Did he say anything about Philadelphia?
Mrs. Paine.
Nothing.
Mr. Jenner.
From your testimony I gather he did not say anything about Mexico?
Mrs. Paine.
No; he did not.
Mr. Jenner.
Was Marina present when he stated to you that he had been in Houston looking for work?
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