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(Testimony of Mrs. Lillian Murret Resumed)
Mrs. Murret.
the funny thing was that when they came that Saturday, he said to me, he said, "Marina says we will take that spread now; we don't have a spread," so Marina must have bawled him out for not taking the spread in the first place. I mean, she must have thought he ought to have accepted it. So they went home with the spread after all.
Mr. Jenner.
This was when they first came?
Mrs. Murret.
Yes. So then he would call in to find out if anybody had called from the employment agency. He had his names in at a private agency, besides the State employment, and he did get several calls and I gave him the message. One time I remember the man left his name, but I wouldn't remember that now.
Mr. Jenner.
Might your husband remember that?
Mrs. Murret.
No. My husband was never around when all this was going on. My husband couldn't tell you anything, so then I went away. I went to Texas for 2 weeks. I left on July 1 and I returned on July 14.
Mr. Jenner.
To visit your son?
Mrs. Murret.
No; my daughter, in Beaumont--Joyce. That was on July 1.
Mr. Jenner.
Had Lee lost his job by that time?
Mrs. Murret.
He must have. I didn't know it, but he must have in between that time.
Mr. Jenner.
While you were away, he lost his job?
Mrs. Murret.
It could have been in between that time; yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Did he say anything to you about losing his job, that you recall?
Mrs. Murret.
No; it was a long time after that that he said anything to me about that.
Mr. Jenner.
He didn't say anything to you for quite a while?
Mrs. Murret.
No; he didn't say anything to me about losing his job for a long time, so then Joyce came back. She had two adopted children.
Mr. Jenner.
Joyce is your daughter, who lived in Beaumont?
Mrs. Murret.
Yes. You see, Joyce can't have any children, so she adopted two children. One is 4 and one is 5, but she got them when they were a month old, and they really are adorable. Now, Joyce, hadn't seen Lee before, you see, or anything, and so then Lee and Marina came over one day while Joyce was at the house with the children. They had come at about 9 o'clock that morning, and stayed till 9 or 10 o'clock that night. I was exhausted trying to entertain Marina, you know, and not knowing how to speak Russian, or make any signs that she would understand, and so forth, but she liked the dinner, and she wanted to know how to cook some of the things that I had, and Lee wrote the recipes down on paper for her, and I asked them how she could tell to pick out cans when she went to the store if she couldn't read English, and Lee said she could tell by the pictures on the cans what she wants, but I don't think Lee liked too much variety in food, just certain things.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you say anything to her at any time, or to Lee, about the fact that she wasn't speaking more English than she evidenced?
Mrs. Murret.
Yes; I asked Lee about that. I said, "Lee, how does Marina like America?" and he said to me, "Well, you can ask Marina yourself," so I said to Marina, "How do you like America?" and she said, "Oh, I like America!" She said, "I like it; I like it!" Now, we always did think it strange that Lee didn't seem to care whether Marina learned to speak English or not. He was always talking to her in Russian, and we didn't know what was going on, you see. I asked him, "Why don't you teach Marina more English?" but he didn't pick it up, so then--in August, I think it was, I was operated on for my ear, and during that time Joyce was home. They had been at the house before the operation. They knew I was going to be operated on, and he came up there to see me, which I thought was very nice.
Mr. Jenner.
You mean Lee?
Mrs. Murret.
Yes. I was at that time at the eye, ear, nose, and throat hospital, and he said, "How are you feeling?" and I said, "All right." He stayed just a couple of minutes really, and he seemed to be nervous--like, you know--and I thanked him for coming, and then he went off, so that night Joyce came back to the hospital again. That was a Thursday, I think, and I got out on a Saturday--that following Saturday, so Mr. Murret was not there for my operation. He wanted to stay, but he was supposed to go to a retreat
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