Mr. Paine. It was reinforced.
Mr. Liebeler. You did not think him to be a violent person or one who would be likely to commit an act such as assassinating the President?
Mr. Paine. I didn't—I saw he was a bitter person, he was bitter and quite a lot of very negative views of people in the world around him, very little charity in his view toward anybody, but I thought he was harmless.
Representative Ford. Was this a different reaction from the one you had had at your first meeting or your first acquaintance?
Mr. Paine. When we first became acquainted I was somewhat shocked, especially that he would speak so harshly to his wife in front of a complete stranger, and it was at that point, or at that time, that I was persuaded I would like to free Marina from her bondage and servitude to this man. He seemed to me he was keeping her, not helping her to learn the language, keeping her vassal to him, and this offended me, so at that point I became interested in helping her escape from him. Of course, I was not going to try to force that. I didn't want to be separating a family that could get along.
Mr. Liebeler. This bitterness that you detected following his return from Mexico, was that a new reaction?
Mr. Paine. No. That bitterness had existed all along. He also had been disagreeable to his wife, cruel to her.
Mr. Liebeler. I see.
Mr. Paine. Not allowing her any personality, a mind of her own, and making sharp jibes at her.
Mr. Dulles. And that continued awhile?