Mr. Jenner. Beg pardon?

Mrs. Paine. Presumptuous in relation to Lee.

Mr. Jenner. In relation to Lee?

Mrs. Paine. Indeed it is. Well, I will have to refer again to the letter of April 7 where I said I didn't want to hurt Lee by such an invitation, but that if they were unhappy, if their marital situation was similar to mine, and this is not specifically in the letter, but if he just did not want to live with her, that I would have offered this as an alternative, really to both of them. I didn't want to get into a position of competition with Lee for his wife. I thought about that, and thought he might be very offended.

Mr. Jenner. It is possible he might very well be.

Mrs. Paine. Yes, it is possible he even might have been violent, but I didn't think anything about that.

Mr. Jenner. Did you have any impression of him up to this moment on this score?

Mrs. Paine. No.

Mr. Jenner. As a man of temper?

Mrs. Paine. No.