(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine Resumed)
Mr. Jenner.
Did you leave the garage light on while you worked in the garage?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
You are definitely conscious, however, of the fact that when you entered the garage the light was on?
Mrs. Paine.
I am certain of that. I thought it quite sloppy to have left it on.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you make any inquiry of Marina or of Lee Oswald as to the light having been left on?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
No comment at all?
Mrs. Paine.
It is my recollection that by the time I was ready to go to the garage to work, say 9 o'clock, Lee had already retired.
Mr. Jenner.
Now we would like to know, tell us how you were definitely conscious that he had retired by that time?
Mrs. Paine.
He was in the bedroom. Traffic between the bedroom where he was and the bathroom crosses in front of the doorway, the front of the room where I was.
Senator Cooper.
Did you see him in the bedroom?
Mrs. Paine.
In the bedroom?
Senator Cooper.
Yes.
Mrs. Paine.
No; but I'd be----
Senator Cooper.
What?
Mrs. Paine.
No; but I'd be fairly certain I saw him go to it.
Senator Cooper.
You saw him go to it?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
You saw him passing back and forth from the bedroom to the bathroom and he had his ablutions and then returned to the bedroom to retire, is that correct?
Mrs. Paine.
That is my best recollection.
Mr. Jenner.
That is your definite consciousness?
Mrs. Paine.
All of this was so common that I made no specific note of it.
Senator Cooper.
I think you have got to tell what you remember that night. If you can't remember it, you can't remember it.
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
But you do remember him passing back and forth from the bedroom that he and Marina normally occupied when he was there, and she occupied when she was there, to the bathroom, and then back to the bedroom. You do have that recollection?
Mrs. Paine.
I recall specifically the feeling that he was in the room, and this grounded no doubt in his having been back and forth as you have described.
Mr. Jenner.
You remained in the garage about a half hour lacquering your children's blocks.
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
You left the garage then, did you?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes; I did.
Mr. Jenner.
And where did you go when you left the garage?
Mrs. Paine.
To the kitchen or living room.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you see anybody when you entered the kitchen or living room?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes; Marina was still up.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you see Lee Oswald?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you see Lee Oswald anytime from that moment forward until you retired for the evening?
Mrs. Paine.
I saw Lee Oswald at no time from that moment forward.
Mr. Jenner.
The answer to my question is no?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you speak with him or he with you at anytime from that moment forward until you retired?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
Were you conscious that he spoke to Marina at anytime from that moment forward until you retired that evening?
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